Tag Archives: Environment
Wildlife Federation set for Smoker Meal, summer projects
The Battlefords Wildlife Federation is hoping to get a good start on 2021 projects this spring.The group's biggest annual event, Smoker to Go, is scheduled for April 10 at the federation's clubhouse. ...
Mar 05, 2021
Saskatchewan ice fishers to remove shelters by March deadlines
With the ice fishing season coming to an end, the Government of Saskatchewan is reminding residents to remove their ice fishing shelters by their region's deadline.All ice fishing shelters south of Hi...
Mar 04, 2021
Winter supply of Chinook salmon critical to survival of orcas, says study
VANCOUVER - Endangered southern resident killer whales would have a much better chance of survival if chinook were in their hunting grounds during winter off the coast of British Columbia, a new study...
Mar 03, 2021
Nunavut judge grants injunction against hunters who protested at mine site
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A Nunavut judge has granted a mining company an injunction against hunters who stopped its iron ore operation when they protested at the site last month. About a dozen Inuit hunters...
Mar 03, 2021
Over 100 new projects to get $518 million in federal research funding
OTTAWA - Efforts to boost Canada's ability to produce vaccines are among over 100 research projects receiving new federal money. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $518 million Wednesday he says ...
Mar 03, 2021
Time is now for 'stock-taking' to ensure robust North American supply chains: experts
WASHINGTON - Last year's confluence of COVID-19 and Donald Trump exposed the urgent need to reinvent North America, experts across the continent agreed Tuesday as they explored how best to fortify its...
Mar 02, 2021
Canada can't 'power past coal' and keep exporting it, environment group says
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says there is no path to eliminating greenhouse-gas emissions that doesn't include phasing out coal power, but critics say Canada's leadership is taint...
Mar 02, 2021
Cochin residents concerned about ice damage to shoreline property
A number of Resort Village of Cochin property owners along Jackfish Lake are dealing with serious damages to decks, buildings and stored boat lifts from shoreline ice damage this winter."It's a phenom...
Mar 01, 2021
Quebec river granted legal rights as part of global 'personhood' movement
MONTREAL - With its kilometres of rapids and deep blue waters winding through Quebec's Cote-Nord region, the Magpie river has long been a culturally significant spot for the Innu of Ekuanitshit. Now t...
Feb 27, 2021
British Columbia's Site C dam to cost $16 billion, delayed until 2025
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier John Horgan says completing the Site C dam is in the best interests of residents, despite the project's price tag ballooning to $16 billion and completion date stre...
Feb 26, 2021