Tag Archives: Environment
Alberta to restore some coal-mining policy protections: government spokesman
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it plans to restore some aspects of a policy it revoked last spring that protected a wide swath of the province's foothills and mountains from coal mines. The mo...
Feb 05, 2021
Nunavut hunters block mine road, airstrip; say their voices aren't being heard
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Naymen Inuarak stands on a road that sees trucks carry iron ore from a mine on the north side of Nunavut's Baffin Island before sending it out to sea. On Thursday night, after trave...
Feb 05, 2021
Federal Conservatives call for special Commons study of Canada-U.S. relations
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives called Thursday for a special House of Commons committee to study Canada-U.S. relations, a move that appeared to win tacit support from the Liberal foreign affairs m...
Feb 04, 2021
Conversion of ski trails at Nut Point concerning for park user
Loops one and two at the Nut Point Campground will be converted from ski trails to suit more of a multi-purpose use."It's a new initiative that the park would be implementing effective Feb. 15, which ...
Feb 03, 2021
Jason Kenney defends Rockies coal policy, calls old protections a 'dead letter'
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says Albertans have no cause to worry over his government quietly throwing out a coal policy that protected the Rocky Mountains for more than four decades."No r...
Feb 03, 2021
'Dead letter:' Alberta premier defends coal policy change in Rocky Mountains
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says Albertans have no cause to worry over his government quietly throwing out a coal policy that protected the Rocky Mountains for more than four decades."No r...
Feb 03, 2021
Melfort's Riverside Chrysler home to first electric charging station in region
Melfort's Riverside Chrysler dealership is now home to the first charging station in the northeast region.General Manager Doug Kurtenbach told northeastNOW they have a station inside their shop, and o...
Feb 03, 2021
More Alberta towns ask for coal consultations, pause on exploration
Opposition to Alberta's attempt to expand coal mining in the Rocky Mountains is growing with two more towns expressing concerns and a legislature member with the governing United Conservatives backing...
Feb 02, 2021
Health Canada says it won't consider animal suffering in strychnine review
OTTAWA - Animal suffering won't be considered when a Health Canada agency next reviews licences for poisons used to kill predators, the department has ruled. In a decision released this week, Health C...
Feb 02, 2021
Development in wildlife corridor in mountain town of Canmore, Alta., back for debate
A decades-old debate over development in an important wildlife corridor in an Alberta mountain community is to be back before council next week. Plans for two projects, which make up about 80 per cent...
Feb 02, 2021