Tag Archives: Environment
Lachine Rapids where Montreal firefighter died have a long, dangerous history
MONTREAL - The stretch of the St. Lawrence River where a Montreal firefighter died during a rescue last week has been known for centuries as one of the city's most treacherous. Today, the Lachine Rapi...
Oct 24, 2021
Iqaluit staff recommend full rebate for water customers due to emergency
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Iqaluit residents could get a break on their water bills as they continue to deal with fuel contamination that's prevented them from being able to drink their tap water. Mayor Kenny...
Oct 23, 2021
Canada approves Nunavut's request for military help with Iqaluit's water emergency
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The federal government is sending the Canadian Armed Forces to help with the water emergency in Nunavut's capital, and the work may include setting up a mobile water treatment plant...
Oct 22, 2021
Big River RCMP searching for missing canoers
A search effort involving community members, Big River RCMP, Ministry of Environment Conservation Officers and the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association is actively underway in northwestern Saskatch...
Oct 21, 2021
Alberta inquiry finds no wrongdoing in anti-oilsands campaign despite foreign funds
EDMONTON - Canadian environmental groups were exercising their democratic rights of free speech when they accepted foreign funding for campaigns opposing oilsands development, a public inquiry has rep...
Oct 21, 2021
Ancient solar storm helped pinpoint the exact date Vikings settled in Newfoundland
HALIFAX - A groundbreaking study has confirmed Vikings had settled in a remote corner of northern Newfoundland by AD 1021, establishing for the first time a precise date for the earliest European habi...
Oct 21, 2021
More than 880,000 Canadian jobs vulnerable in global clean energy transition
OTTAWA - More than 880,000 Canadians work in industries at risk of decline or closure in the global transition to clean energy, a new analysis says. The Canadian Institute for Climate Choices is warni...
Oct 21, 2021
More needed to prevent deaths from climate-change driven heat waves, fires: report
OTTAWA - A new report examining the health impacts of climate change says more Canadians than ever are facing serious health risks from heat waves and wildfires, prompting warnings from doctors that w...
Oct 20, 2021
B.C. forests minister introduces bill to overhaul forest practices
VICTORIA - British Columbia's forests minister has introduced a bill to amend the Forest and Range Practices Act, saying it would "reshape" forest management in the province. Katrine Conroy told the l...
Oct 20, 2021
Microplastics making their way up to belugas in Arctic through prey, says new study
VANCOUVER - Hundreds of thousands of tiny bits of plastic waste have been found in the prey of belugas, proving that the pollution in the whales is making its way even to the most remote Arctic waters...
Oct 20, 2021