Tag Archives: Environment
Mark Carney says climate commitments preclude running in fall election
OTTAWA - Mark Carney won't be on the Liberal ticket if there's an election this fall. The former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England told The Canadian Press he's made commitments to...
Jul 20, 2021
Liberals add $1.4 billion to climate change mitigation fund: McKenna
OTTAWA - Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says the federal government is adding almost $1.4 billion to the disaster mitigation and adaptation fund this year to help communities across Canada ...
Jul 20, 2021
Fire experts prescribe Indigenous cultural burns to reduce wildfire risk in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Wildfire experts say British Columbia must spark far more prescribed burns, akin to how Indigenous communities have managed forests, to mitigate the risk of huge blazes. "We're not burning...
Jul 18, 2021
Three Innu First Nations say they are ready to take measures to stop Quebec pipeline
MONTREAL - There won't be any more negotiations over a proposed natural gas pipeline crossing Indigenous lands in northern Quebec, say Innu leaders who oppose it. The Innu First Nations of Mashteuiats...
Jul 17, 2021
Smoke from wildfires thickens in Northwest region
Air quality warnings are in effect for communities in Saskatchewan on Friday as the wildfires in the north rage on.The Battlefords, Meadow Lake, Lloydminster and others are all experiencing heavy smok...
Jul 17, 2021
Salmon and other sea life affected by recent heat waves, experts say
VANCOUVER - A sweltering heat wave in much of Western Canada in the last week of June had cascading effects on sea life, experts say. Scott Hinch, director of the Pacific salmon ecology and conservati...
Jul 17, 2021
Campgrounds at Narrow Hills Provincial Park evacuated and closed due to Harding Fire
A number of camping sites in Narrow Hills Provincial Park have been evacuated and closed as a result of the Harding fire that is burning just north of Smeaton.According to Becky Hoehn, the acting Exec...
Jul 16, 2021
Company wants to appeal decision that rejected proposed Alberta open-pit coal mine
CALGARY - The company behind a proposed open-pit coal mine in Alberta's Rocky Mountains has filed a request to appeal a decision by a review panel that rejected the project as being not in the public ...
Jul 16, 2021
Remains of third Canadian pulled from collapsed Miami condo building: Global Affairs
Global Affairs Canada says the body of a third Canadian citizen has been recovered from the rubble of a condominium building that collapsed near Miami in late June. A spokesman for the department did ...
Jul 16, 2021
Meadow Lake Provincial Park set to receive key upgrades to electrical, water services
As part of an announcement from the Government of Saskatchewan, some sites in Meadow Lake Provincial Park are set to receive several significant upgrades, including key improvements to potable water s...
Jul 16, 2021