Tag Archives: Environment

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

Nunavut hunters end blockades, mine pushes ahead with injunction against them
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Baffinland Iron Mine Corp. has pushed ahead with an injunction against a group of Nunavut hunters who blocked the road and airstrip at its Mary River mine in protest of a plan to ex...
Feb 13, 2021

Province offers free fishing for Family Day Weekend
Saskatchewan residents willing to brave the cold, are invited to give ice fishing a try this Family Day weekend.The province is offering free fishing with no license required on all provincial water b...
Feb 12, 2021

Court told Alberta commissioner should continue foreign funding of oil critics probe
CALGARY - A court has been told that a man leading an inquiry into alleged foreign-funded anti-Alberta energy campaigns should be allowed to continue his work because accusations of bias are unfounded...
Feb 12, 2021

Former Obama adviser Podesta on Biden's Keystone XL decision: 'He's not going back'
WASHINGTON - A senior adviser to two former U.S. presidents delivered a stark message Friday to Canadians hoping for the resurrection of the Keystone XL pipeline: get over it. The project is gone and ...
Feb 12, 2021

Cold car trouble abound in the Battlefords
Motorists in the Battlefords are running into plenty of vehicle issues this February, as chilly temperatures continue.An increasing number of residents have had to call for assistance because troubles...
Feb 11, 2021

Nunavut hunters agree to end protest at iron ore mine after offer of meeting
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Lawyers for Inuit hunters who blocked an airstrip and road at an iron ore mine in Nunavut say they will end their protest for now. The blockade started a week ago after seven hunter...
Feb 11, 2021

Ottawa announces $55M in clean tech funding for 20 companies
OTTAWA - The federal government has announced $55 million in funding to support Canada's clean technology sector. The money is from a pool of $750 million announced in December for Sustainable Develop...
Feb 11, 2021