Tag Archives: Environment
Low-carbon bucks: Conservatives pitch consumer carbon pricing through savings account
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is pitching a loyalty-card style of carbon pricing where consumers would see what they pay on fuel stored into an account that can be used for green purchases...
Apr 15, 2021
Mi'kmaq fisher argues feds becoming more aggressive in seizures of Indigenous gear
HALIFAX - A Mi'kmaq man who has been battling for Indigenous fishing rights says the recent seizure of his crab traps suggests Ottawa is becoming more aggressive on the water. Robert Syliboy said in a...
Apr 15, 2021
Meadow Lake Fire Chief advising residents of dry wildfire conditions
As temperatures continue to slowly rise with the arrival of spring, the Meadow Lake Fire Department is informing residents of the current dry and potentially dangerous conditions in the Meadow Lake ar...
Apr 14, 2021
RM of Frenchman Butte enacts fire ban
The Rural Municipality of Frenchman Butte No. 501 will be under a fire ban until further notice.Municipal council made the decision due to dry and windy conditions. Previously issued burning permits a...
Apr 14, 2021
Canadian emissions to make up outsized portion of what climate can bear: study
Greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's oil and gas industry will make up an outsized share of the remaining carbon the world's atmosphere can take, a new analysis suggests. "Canada is no small player ...
Apr 14, 2021
Federal government unveils $1.5-billion plan to boost green building
OTTAWA - Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna has announced a $1.5-billion program designed to spur green building through retrofits, upgrades and new construction of public institutions. The fiv...
Apr 14, 2021
Montreal suburb becomes first Quebec municipality to ban Roundup weed killer
LAVAL, Que. - A suburb north of Montreal has become the first city in Quebec to ban the use of glyphosate, the active ingredient in weed killer Roundup. Officials in Laval, Que., adopted the new bylaw...
Apr 14, 2021
Five things about Canada's proposed small modular nuclear reactors
OTTAWA - Alberta's Jason Kenney became the fourth Canadian premier to sign an agreement supporting the development of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) in Canada on Wednesday. Kenney signed a memo...
Apr 14, 2021
Grey whale off Vancouver Island given antibiotics after lesions found around tag site
VANCOUVER - Canadian and American officials say they're monitoring a grey whale after lesions were spotted in the same area where a satellite tag was attached by researchers. Officials said during a j...
Apr 13, 2021
Failed fitting caused 190,000-litre spill at Trans Mountain site in B.C.: TSB
VANCOUVER - A Transportation Safety Board report says the failure of a fitting on a section of narrow tubing at a Trans Mountain pumping station in British Columbia was the cause of a crude oil spill ...
Apr 13, 2021