Tag Archives: Environment
Third request to federal government to join coal mine environmental review in Alberta
A third request has been made to the federal government to get involved in the review of a coal mine proposed for Alberta's Rocky Mountains. Landowners, Indigenous people and environmental groups are ...
Apr 06, 2021
Guardians of Edehzhie: Protecting the land during the pandemic
There was a time last year when the guardians of Edehzhie would head out on the land in the Northwest Territories and worry what their communities might look like when they returned. That was when COV...
Apr 04, 2021
People asked not to prune elm trees to prevent Dutch elm disease
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. – Residents across Saskatchewan are asked not to prune their elm trees starting April 1 in an effort to prevent the spread of Dutch elm disease (DED) in the province. The...
Apr 01, 2021
People asked not to prune elm trees to prevent Dutch elm disease
Residents across Saskatchewan are asked not to prune their elm trees starting April 1 in an effort to prevent the spread of Dutch elm disease (DED) in the province. They can return to pruning again in...
Apr 01, 2021
Canada-U.S. dispute emerges over right whale killed by entanglement with fishing gear
HALIFAX - Canadian officials are challenging American allegations that fishing gear from Canada is to blame for the entanglement of a North Atlantic right whale found dead off South Carolina. Fisherie...
Apr 01, 2021
Turtleford spray park project receives provincial funding
The town of Turtleford will have government support in completing the Spray & Play project.Wednesday, the province released the list of communities and projects receiving funding through the Inves...
Mar 31, 2021
Survey suggests grizzly numbers have doubled in parts of Alberta Rockies since 2005
A new survey suggests grizzly bear numbers in Alberta's central Rocky Mountains have doubled since 2005. The survey says there are about 88 grizzlies in 7,300 square kilometres of summits and foothill...
Mar 31, 2021
Tree thinning project in Air Ronge nearly half complete
Before and after images of a wildfire mitigation project in Air Ronge is not sitting well with some residents."It's so disappointing that that's what it's going to look like now," said Larissa Muirhea...
Mar 31, 2021
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario unite to urge Michigan not to shut down Line 5
WASHINGTON - Shutting down the Line 5 pipeline would create a "dangerous precedent" that would forever imperil future cross-border infrastructure projects between Canada and the United States, says Al...
Mar 30, 2021
Diversity of background on committee tapping into views on Alberta coal mining
EDMONTON - The Alberta government has tasked a five-member committee with finding out how people feel about open-pit coal mining in the Rocky Mountains and their eastern slopes. Here's a description o...
Mar 29, 2021