Tag Archives: Environment
Panel says Grassy Mountain coal mine in Alberta Rockies not in public interest
A joint federal-provincial review has denied an application for an open-pit coal mine in Alberta's Rocky Mountains, saying its impacts on the environment and Indigenous rights aren't worth the economi...
Jun 17, 2021
District of Lakeland rolls out new plan to address garbage friendly bears
The District of Lakeland is taking some big steps to keep a lid on the number of bears coming onto properties looking for food.By the end of July, roughly 1,800 individual garbage bins will be phased ...
Jun 17, 2021
Shoreline cleanup finds COVID-related trash increased during height of the pandemic
VANCOUVER - Organizers of a national conservation program aimed at removing trash from the country's many shorelines say the COVID-19 pandemic has even changed how we litter. The Great Canadian Shorel...
Jun 16, 2021
Ottawa to review new steelmaking coal projects in Alberta's foothills for selenium
The federal government will step in to conduct an environmental review of any new coal project that could possibly release the contaminant selenium. The decision, announced Wednesday, will capture any...
Jun 16, 2021
Study warns Alberta has failed to consider damage to foothills from coal mining
New coal mines in Alberta's Rocky Mountain foothills would create more environmental problems than economic benefits, a lengthy new study has concluded. "The best available information indicates that ...
Jun 15, 2021
Beaver secretion found as part of ancient throwing dart in Yukon
WHITEHORSE - Researchers say they've discovered castoreum, a secretion beavers use to mark their territory, in a 6,000-year-old throwing dart in the Yukon. The researchers from the Canadian Conservati...
Jun 15, 2021
Over 60 new plants added at James Smith Orchard planting day
It was planting day at the orchard on the James Smith Cree Nation on Monday, June 14.A total of 60 new plants were added to the orchard that is now going into its fourth year of operation. Crab apples...
Jun 14, 2021
Prince Albert hosts PBR Canada's season launch event
The Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Canada season got off to an exciting start this week in Prince Albert.The Byrne Ranch played host to PBR's first event of the year hosting the Tanner Byrne Invitatio...
Jun 12, 2021
Northern Sask. First Nation claims government-owned hydroelectric station having negative impact on Sask. River Delta
The Chief of Cumberland Cree House Nation says a hydroelectric dam built on the Saskatchewan River in the 1960s has choked the water and is hurting both the people and animal species that rely on the ...
Jun 11, 2021
'Unacceptable environmental effects:' New federal policy restricts thermal coal
The federal government is making it more difficult to develop thermal coal in Canada with a new policy that says all such mines create "unacceptable environmental effects." The move erects another roa...
Jun 11, 2021