Tag Archives: Environment
Officers called to Victoria apartment to corral boa constrictor on the loose
Victoria police say they are looking for the owner of a large snake found on the loose at a downtown apartment complex. Const. Cam MacIntyre says police were called Tuesday night after a resident repo...
Jul 07, 2021
Hungry caterpillars stripping trees in Quebec, Ontario and on Montreal's Mount Royal
MONTREAL - Biologists are tracking a bumper crop of hungry caterpillars that are eating their way through some of Quebec and Ontario's best-known green spaces, raining down excrement on the forest flo...
Jul 07, 2021
Panel to explore 'carbon budget' as net-zero idea
OTTAWA - The co-chair of an expert panel designed to advise Canada on how to reach net-zero emissions says it is exploring the idea of creating budgets for greenhouse gas emissions. Dan Wicklum says t...
Jul 07, 2021
'Replacing the money': public funds didn't increase oil well cleanups, study suggests
Much of the taxpayer money that has funded oil well cleanup in Alberta may have simply replaced money that energy companies would have spent anyway, according to a new analysis. That means the public ...
Jul 07, 2021
Bear exhibiting no fear of humans euthanized at Eagle Point
The weekend proved busy for conservation officers as they had to deal with eight nuisance bears in the La Ronge area.That's according to an email sent to larongeNOW by the Ministry of Environment. In ...
Jul 06, 2021
James Smith Cree Nation receives donation of jack pine seedlings
Paper Excellence has made a substantial donation of tree seedlings to the James Smith Cree Nation.The pulp and paper company out of B.C. has donated 9,000 jack pine seedlings to the James Smith Cree N...
Jul 06, 2021
'Steer the market': Study finds $23B in federal, provincial pipeline support
Taxpayer dollars are heavily distorting Canada's financial marketplace in favour of fossil fuel pipelines, new research suggests. The International Institute for Sustainable Development says spending ...
Jul 05, 2021
Investigation into possible tornado that damaged buildings in northern B.C.
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - While Environment Canada is investigating the possibility that a tornado swept through the Fort St. John area in northern B.C. last week, Clarence Apsassin says he knows what he ...
Jul 05, 2021
Trudeau hits road for green announcement in campaign-style appearance
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is back on the road, announcing hundreds of millions of dollars in climate spending from his Liberal government Monday in what would not have looked out of place...
Jul 05, 2021
Notice Nature: a new creative way to encourage outdoor play, education in community
The North Saskatchewan River Basin Council has announced the launch of a new Youth Engagement Initiative, known as Notice Nature. Available across the region, in centres such as North Battleford, Prin...
Jul 03, 2021