Tag Archives: Environment
Defence of Alberta oil or attempt to silence dissent? Judge to hear inquiry challenge
CALGARY - A judge is to hear arguments this week over whether Alberta's public inquiry into the purported foreign funding of environmental charities is a valid defence of the province's ailing oil ind...
Feb 10, 2021
'Bait and switch:' Questions arise over what reinstated Alberta coal policy protects
EDMONTON - Doubts are surfacing over the Alberta government's decision to restore a policy that protects the Rocky Mountains from coal mining. "I think (it) did a bait and switch and I'm very disappoi...
Feb 09, 2021
Food, supply flights grounded, operations halted as protest continues at Nunavut mine
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Flights have been grounded and most operations suspended at an open-pit iron ore mine on Nunavut's Baffin Island as protesters upset about its expansion plan continue to block the s...
Feb 08, 2021
'Didn't get this one right:' Alberta reinstates coal-mines policy after public outcry
EDMONTON - Public protest has persuaded the Alberta government to U-turn on a major section of its economic road map and reinstate a policy that has kept open-pit coal mines out of the Rocky Mountains...
Feb 08, 2021
No mussels found in Saskatchewan bodies of water in 2020
Saskatchewan's continued efforts to bulk up its defences against invasive mussels paid off in 2020.In a media release Monday, the Ministry of Environment said there weren't any invasive mussels found ...
Feb 08, 2021
Above normal runoff expected in Far North
Parts of northern Saskatchewan including La Ronge are expected to have a near-normal runoff. That's according to a news release from the Water Security Agency, which states fall conditions were near t...
Feb 05, 2021
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