Tag Archives: Environment
'Murder' hornet found in Abbotsford, B.C., after nest destroyed in Washington state
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The British Columbia Agriculture Ministry says one so-called murder hornet was discovered near Abbotsford on Monday.The ministry is warning beekeepers and residents to report sighti...
Nov 03, 2020
No budget yet for Liberals' promise to plant two billion trees by 2030
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's massive tree-planting promise from the 2019 election has yet to be allocated a single dime. Trudeau pledged a year ago that the government would plant tw...
Nov 02, 2020
Parks Canada plans first captive breeding program for Jasper National Park caribou
EDMONTON - Caribou herds in Canada's Rocky Mountains are now so precarious that Parks Canada is preparing a plan to round up females from nearly vanished herds and pen them in a captive breeding progr...
Nov 02, 2020
No evidence animals are playing role in spread of COVID-19, following first positive test in dog in Canada
Last week the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs was made aware of a positive case of SARS-CoV-2 in a dog in the Niagara region. SARS-CoV2 is the virus that causes COVID-19 in peop...
Oct 31, 2020
Parks Canada plans first captive breeding program for Jasper National Park caribou
EDMONTON - Caribou herds in Canada's Rocky Mountains are now so precarious that Parks Canada is preparing a plan to round up females from nearly vanished herds and pen them in a captive breeding progr...
Oct 30, 2020
Federal government unveils rules for $750-million emissions reduction fund
OTTAWA - Oil and gas companies that use federal cash to help cut methane emissions from their operations won't have to repay every penny if they eliminate the methane emissions entirely. Natural Resou...
Oct 29, 2020
More pandemics coming if environmental issues not dealt with: report
An international group of scientists has concluded pandemic problems are just starting unless the world moves to deal with the issues creating them. "The factors driving pandemics are human activities...
Oct 29, 2020
A Biden presidency could mean good news for Canadian environment policy: observers
OTTAWA - The day after Americans go to the polls to choose their next president, the United States will become the first and only country in the world to withdraw from the Paris climate change pact.Wh...
Oct 28, 2020
Focus on infrastructure, involve community to fix reserve water issues: observers
The evacuation of a remote Ontario First Nation over the latest development in a decades-long water crisis has highlighted the need to focus on reserve water infrastructure systems as a whole and invo...
Oct 28, 2020
Call for action as U.S. reports sharp drop in North Atlantic right whale population
HALIFAX - A conservation group is calling on the Canadian and U.S. governments to take action to protect North Atlantic right whales after new data revealed a sharp decline in the animal's population....
Oct 28, 2020