Tag Archives: Environment
Federal plans to close fish farms stir emotions on Vancouver Island
VICTORIA - As a commercial fisherman and salmon farmer, James Walkus says he sees the merits of both industries and he's convinced the two can coexist. The 81-year-old Indigenous leader and entreprene...
Feb 20, 2021
Demand for seeds, plants and gardening supplies could be up in 2021
Even though the ground is still covered in snow and everything's frozen outside, you can still get a head start on your 2021 gardening.According to at least one Saskatoon expert - the demand for just ...
Feb 19, 2021
Ethics committee rejects plan to move Quebec deer that were slated to be killed
MONTREAL - A plan to relocate deer from a Montreal-area park has fallen through after an ethics committee deemed the strategy unsafe. About half the white-tailed deer in Michel-Chartrand park were sla...
Feb 19, 2021
Head of new Indigenous committee aims for systemic change at Canada Energy Regulator
VANCOUVER - The chairman of a new Indigenous advisory committee at the Canada Energy Regulator says he wants to fix a system that has treated First Nations, Inuit and Metis people as an "afterthought....
Feb 18, 2021
Canadian government modifies North Atlantic right whale protection measures for 2021
FREDERICTON - The federal Fisheries Department will continue efforts this year to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales in Canadian waters, but it is making some changes to reduce the impact ...
Feb 18, 2021
Researchers celebrate birth of orca to endangered southern resident population
Researchers are cautiously celebrating the birth of a new addition to the endangered southern resident killer whale population. The Center for Whale Research in Washington said Wednesday a baby orca n...
Feb 17, 2021
Carbon price revenues proving tough to predict, making rebates hard to estimate
OTTAWA - The federal government owes Canadian families in three provinces more than $200 million after underestimating how much it would raise from the carbon tax during the first year of the program....
Feb 17, 2021
Air Ronge resident calls for LLRIB intervention in municipal tree thinning
Air Ronge resident and Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) member Candace Caisse is asking her First Nation leadership for solidarity in a matter that hits close to home. Earlier this month, she drafted ...
Feb 16, 2021
Food Waste Reduction Challenge draws many and diverse applications
OTTAWA, ONT. — The Government of Canada's Food Waste Reduction Challenge has proven a massive success. An impressive turnout of 343 applications have been received from innovators in Canada and ...
Feb 16, 2021
'Hollow promises': Top coal scientist warns Albertans of contamination from mining
EDMONTON - One of North America's top experts on pollution from coal mines is warning Albertans about the dangers of expanding the industry in the province's Rocky Mountains. "Expansion of coal-mining...
Feb 16, 2021