Tag Archives: Environment
Bloc asks Ottawa to support logging, fledgling biofuels sector
OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet is calling on the federal government to recharge Quebec's forestry sector with an eye to its energy potential. The Bloc is laying out a slate of prop...
Apr 08, 2021
Residents reminded to stay clear of water bodies during ice break up
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. – Residents in the Battlefords area are being asked to avoid coming too close to water bodies during ice break up. North Battleford fire chief Lindsay Holm recently asses...
Apr 08, 2021
Residents reminded to stay clear of water bodies during ice break up
Residents in the Battlefords area are being asked to avoid coming too close to water bodies during ice break up.North Battleford fire chief Lindsay Holm recently assessed the North Saskatchewan River ...
Apr 08, 2021
Prince Albert National Park report decline in Sturgeon River plains bison herd
The Prince Albert National Park (PANP) is reporting population numbers of the Sturgeon River plains bison herd have dropped by many hundred since a recent peak around 13 years ago. However, it could p...
Apr 08, 2021
Private member's bill would protect mountains from coal mines: Alberta NDP Opposition
EDMONTON - The Alberta Opposition is proposing legislation that it says would protect the province's Rocky Mountains from new open-pit coal mines. "What it's about is giving voice to the hundreds of t...
Apr 07, 2021
RM of North Battleford issues fire ban
Following the news yesterday the City of North Battleford would be imposing a fire ban, the RM of North Battleford No. 437 has issued a fire ban as well within the municipality effective immediately, ...
Apr 07, 2021
Climate change group pushes NDP, Green leaders to form election climate alliance
OTTAWA - An advocacy group alarmed by the pace of global warming is urging federal NDP and Green Party of Canada leaders to partner in the next general election in hopes of sending more climate-minded...
Apr 07, 2021
RM of Britannia receives lagoon funding
The Rural Municipality of Britannia No. 502 is getting a significant infrastructure boost through government funding that will support its lagoon expansion.Through the Investing in Canada Plan, the RM...
Apr 07, 2021
Old-growth advocates say they are digging in after B.C. court grants injunction
Advocates for old-growth forests say they are digging in as they try to protect parts of a valley on southwest Vancouver Island from logging. A dozen or more people who belong to the Rainforest Flying...
Apr 06, 2021
4th request to federal government to join coal mine environmental review in Alberta
A fourth request has been made to the federal government to get involved in the environmental review of a coal mine proposed for Alberta's Rocky Mountains. Landowners, Indigenous people and environmen...
Apr 06, 2021