Tag Archives: Environment
N.S. calls on Ottawa to define a 'moderate livelihood,' as fishing dispute boils over
HALIFAX - Calls for Ottawa to define a "moderate livelihood" fishery mounted on Sunday, as hundreds gathered in support of Indigenous lobster fishers after a heated dispute over treaty rights boiled o...
Oct 18, 2020
'First guys out:' western Canadian air tanker fleet busy despite drop in wildfires
RED DEER, Alta. - A family-run company providing air-tanker support to control menacing wildfires in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Yukon is a little less busy these days, but it has nothing ...
Oct 16, 2020
North Battleford Fall Compost Collection Program returns
North Battleford residents looking to clear out their backyard will have city rolling by over the next week.The North Battleford Fall Compost Collection Program will run from Oct. 19 to the 26. This p...
Oct 16, 2020
Alberta invests $10M in innovative biorefinery
LACOMBE, AB – It's a substantial economic boost coming for the central Alberta region. The provincial government announced Thursday that it is providing $10 million from the Technology Innovatio...
Oct 15, 2020
Feds fund small nuclear reactor ahead of national strategy to adopt more of them
OTTAWA - An Ontario nuclear power company is getting $20 million from Ottawa to try to get its new small modular reactor in line with Canada's safety regulations.The grant to Terrestrial Energy in Oak...
Oct 15, 2020
'Discovery by little Nathan:' 12-year-old makes fossil find in southern Alberta
Aspiring paleontologist Nathan Hrushkin speaks with pride about his "killer resume." The Grade 7 student from Calgary discovered a rare dinosaur skeleton earlier this year at Horseshoe Canyon in the B...
Oct 15, 2020
Army apologizes after Nova Scotia residents receive fake letter warning of wolves
HALIFAX - The Canadian Armed Forces is apologizing after some residents of Kings County, N.S., received a phoney letter warning of wolves in the area. The letter, dated Sept. 19, said a pack of eight ...
Oct 13, 2020
Unilateral ban on single-use plastics ignores spirit of USMCA, critics, experts say
WASHINGTON, Wash. - Canada's proposed ban on single-use plastics may not run afoul of its trade deal with the United States and Mexico, but experts suggest it disregards the "pause-and-check" spirit o...
Oct 09, 2020
Absent any new policy, carbon tax must rise to meet Paris emission targets, PBO says
OTTAWA - The cost to consumers of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's keystone environmental policy will have to rise if the country is to meet its Paris climate accord goals, the parliamentary budget off...
Oct 08, 2020
Path to economic recovery filled with risks that need to be managed, Macklem says
OTTAWA - The governor of the Bank of Canada is warning that unprecedented economic measures to help families and businesses manage the pandemic may add potholes on the road to recovery. Tiff Mac...
Oct 08, 2020