Tag Archives: Environment
New councillors and bylaw officer introduced at RM of Prince Albert meeting
For the first time in nearly eight months, every chair at the Rural Municipality (RM) of Prince Albert council meeting was occupied for the meeting's entirety.Newly elected councillors Guy St Hilaire ...
Nov 12, 2020
RCMP surveillance, searches breached anti-fracking protesters' rights, watchdog says
OTTAWA - The RCMP watchdog has uncovered shortcomings with the national force's crowd-control measures, physical searches and collection of social media information while policing anti-fracking protes...
Nov 12, 2020
Transit lobby group says electrifying Canada's bus fleets needs $3 billion a year
OTTAWA - A green-transit lobby group says electrifying Canada's fleet of public transit buses will take a lot more money than Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised in his big infrastructure announcem...
Nov 11, 2020
Study finds climate-changing methane emissions from oilpatch twice as high as thought
Emissions of a potent greenhouse gas from Canada's oilpatch are nearly twice as high as previously thought, says newly published federal research. The findings on methane from Environment Canada resea...
Nov 11, 2020
Snow removal scheduled in North Battleford on Remembrance Day
Residents in North Battleford will have to make sure their vehicles are clear of the curb, as snow removal will take place on Remembrance Day.The City of North Battleford's Roadways Department has bee...
Nov 10, 2020
Yukon government says it doesn't support U.S. permit for exploration in Arctic
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says it does not support a permit for an oil drilling exploration project in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, although experts fear the United States ad...
Nov 10, 2020
Storm reported to have dumped up around 30 centimetres of snow on the Battlefords area
The storm that wallopped the region on the weekend left roughly between 25 to 30 centimetres of snow in total in the Battlefords and surrounding area. Meteorologist Terri Lang with Environment and Cli...
Nov 09, 2020
President-elect's long to-do list to include repairing damaged Canada-U. S. ties
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Joe Biden's to-do list just got a whole lot longer - and it's a safe bet it now includes patching the holes in Canada's relationship with the United States. Biden has more pressing ...
Nov 09, 2020
Whales and other marine mammals susceptible to COVID-19 through wastewater: study
HALIFAX - Humans first caught the virus that causes COVID-19 from animals and research now suggests it could also be the other way around. A study published Monday in the journal Science of the Total ...
Nov 09, 2020
Ottawa welcomes president-elect Joe Biden as ally in climate fight
OTTAWA - Federal cabinet ministers are welcoming Joe Biden's election as the next U.S. president as an opportunity to advance the fight against climate change after four tumultuous years dealing with ...
Nov 08, 2020