Tag Archives: Environment

Worried about hantavirus? Take precautions when opening cottages, sheds, PHAC expert advises
TORONTO - Before the world's attention was captured by a disease outbreak that has killed three and sickened a handful of others on the MV Hondius cruise ship, many Canadians had never heard of hantav...
May 07, 2026

Civil society leaders call for halt to Canada-Ecuador free trade agreement
OTTAWA - Several Canadian organizations and civil society leaders are calling for a halt to a Canada-Ecuador free trade agreement, which they say will pose a risk to the environment and exacerbate a h...
May 07, 2026

Canadian company's winning innovation a giant leap for drinking water on the moon
MONTREAL - On the moon, access to drinking water could mean the difference between short visits and a permanent human presence, and a Canadian company's award-winning invention has made colonizing Ear...
May 06, 2026

'We haven't seen anything yet,' Hodgson says of price spikes from Iran war
OTTAWA - The head of the International Energy Agency says the global energy crisis from the war in Iran will hit Canadians soon. Fatih Birol, who was taking part in a fireside chat with Energy Ministe...
May 05, 2026

Canada has a new searchable flood risk tool. You just can't search it yet.
Canada's new searchable flood risk tool will only be available in provinces and territories that opt in to the program, a move that's frustrated some flood risk experts even as the federal minister sa...
May 05, 2026

Sea-Doo rider hurt after slamming into whale off Vancouver, animal's fate unclear
VANCOUVER - Andy Zofka and his wife had set up their cameras on the seawall at Stanley Park in Vancouver on Monday evening, hoping to "admire nature" and maybe get a glimpse of a pod of orcas or the g...
May 05, 2026

Auditor general reports on avian flu vaccines, First Nations funding
OTTAWA - Two federal watchdogs released five audits Monday, including probes into federal workplace accessibility and avian flu. Here are some of the highlights: Indigenous Services Canada failed to m...
May 04, 2026

Audit finds flood hazard mapping behind schedule, doesn't account for climate change
OTTAWA - Federal efforts to map parts of the country facing the highest risk of flooding are not on track to finish by the 2028 target date and don't account for the effects of climate change, Canada'...
May 04, 2026

B.C. bats 'do not know the border' — and Trump funding cuts may put them in peril
Scientists battling a deadly infection that has killed millions of bats in North America say the tiny creatures don't care about borders, as they flit between British Columbia and Washington state. Bu...
May 04, 2026

Poilievre: Carney should state what 'leverage' Canada has in trade talks
TORONTO - Prime Minister Mark Carney should spell out to Canadians what leverage the country has over the United States in coming trade negotiations, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre asserted on S...
May 03, 2026