Tag Archives: Environment
First Nation chief detained by fisheries officers in N.S. after launching fishery
SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. - The chief of Sipekne'katik First Nation was taken in for questioning by federal Fisheries Department officers on Monday, moments after he announced the expansion of his band's se...
Aug 16, 2021
Hundreds of properties evacuated as wind prompts growth in B.C. wildfires
High winds intensified numerous wildfires burning in British Columbia, forcing more evacuation orders for residents in hundreds of homes late Sunday, says the BC Wildfire Service. Some of the largest ...
Aug 15, 2021
Property insurers update risk modelling as Canada braces for climate impacts
VANCOUVER - The estimated $78 million in insured property damage from the wildfire that devastated the community of Lytton, B.C., in June is a fraction of the rising costs of disasters fuelled by clim...
Aug 15, 2021
Monte Lake, B.C. resident loses Wayne Gretzky rookie card in wildfire
Robert Hugh of Monte Lake, B.C., so prized his Wayne Gretzky rookie card that he bought a fireproof safe to store it in. So earlier this month, when the White Rock Lake wildfire prompted an evacuation...
Aug 14, 2021
UBC researchers map Pacific salmon habitat, finding much is lost or inaccessible
VANCOUVER - Pacific salmon can no longer access hundreds of kilometres of spawning streams or floodplain habitat after decades of urban, agricultural and resource development around British Columbia's...
Aug 14, 2021
Leave blueberries for animals, Parks Canada tells pickers on St. John's landmark
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - People in Newfoundland and Labrador's capital are tossing their plastic buckets in exasperation after a request from Parks Canada to stop picking blueberries on Signal Hill. "It's r...
Aug 13, 2021
First live 'murder hornet' sighted near U.S.-Canada border, say scientists
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Scientists from the Washington State Department of Agriculture say they've found the first so-called live murder hornet for the year. In a news release Thursday, entomologists say the...
Aug 12, 2021
Heat, low humidity and wind gusts are working against firefighting cause in B.C.
VANCOUVER - High temperatures, low humidity and an increase in winds are making wildfire conditions challenging in southern British Columbia, says the provincial deputy forests minister. Rick Manwarin...
Aug 12, 2021
Conservative MP Gary Vidal more focused on riding than 'selfish' election
With reports of another potential federal election set to take place early this fall, Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River MP Gary Vidal said he is more focused on working for the people in his riding t...
Aug 12, 2021
Prince Albert youth learn all about the outdoors at Little Red River Park
Sometimes camping is for leisure and sometimes it can be educational as well.Today, camping was educational for many kids as a part of the 'Into the Woods with Wildernook' program at Little Red River ...
Aug 12, 2021