Tag Archives: Environment
'We knew something was wrong': Iqaluit residents without drinking water
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Iqaluit residents filled blue plastic jugs and bottles Wednesday in the ice-cold Sylvia Grinnell River just outside the city after they were told tap water in the Nunavut capital ma...
Oct 13, 2021
Residents told not to use Iqaluit's tap water after tests show evidence of fuel
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The City of Iqaluit has declared a local state of emergency after finding evidence of gasoline in its tap water. All Iqaluit residents are being told not to drink, boil or cook with...
Oct 12, 2021
RCMP assess enforcement resources after court reinstates logging injunction in B.C.
VICTORIA - The RCMP are reviewing the department's resources following the temporary reinstatement of an injunction against old-growth logging protests on southern Vancouver Island by the British Colu...
Oct 12, 2021
Thanksgiving brings first significant Sask. snowfall of 2021
Some people in Saskatchewan earned their pumpkin pie calories by shovelling snow on Thanksgiving.According to Environment Canada, localized snow fell in between North Battleford and Meadow Lake and up...
Oct 12, 2021
Doctors alarmed by loophole allowing sale of used asbestos products
OTTAWA - Public health advocates and environmental groups say the federal government needs to close a loophole allowing the sale of second-hand products containing asbestos. Canada banned the cancer-c...
Oct 12, 2021
Line 5 opponents urging White House to reject Canada's 'audacious' treaty gambit
WASHINGTON - Environmental activists in the United States are seizing on Canada's decision to invoke a 44-year-old treaty with the United States as an "audacious," misguided and misleading gambit aime...
Oct 12, 2021
PHOTOS: Northern Lights dazzle skies over Saskatchewan
The Thanksgiving long weekend ended in spectacular fashion for many in Saskatchewan as the Northern Lights illuminated the night skies.The phenomenon was captured across North America as strips of gre...
Oct 12, 2021
Invasive wild pigs in national park for first time at Alberta's Elk Island
EDMONTON - One of the most destructive and rapidly spreading invasive species on the continent has been found for the first time in a Canadian national park. Wild pigs, which tear up landscapes and ea...
Oct 11, 2021
Oil price spike won't increase industry cleanup spending: Alberta energy minister
EDMONTON - The current spike in oil prices is no reason to force industry to spend more on cleaning up Alberta's tens of thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells, says the province's energy minister. ...
Oct 08, 2021
Allowing Rocky Mountain coal lease transfers during debate sends wrong signal: group
EDMONTON - An environmental group says an exchange of coal exploration lease applications in Alberta's Rocky Mountains suggests mining companies expect to be able to go ahead with their plans despite ...
Oct 08, 2021