Tag Archives: Environment
Feds, Ontario ante up millions to produce electric vehicles at Ford's Oakville plant
The federal and Ontario governments promised Thursday to pour hundreds of millions of dollars into an auto plant for the mass production of electric vehicles and the batteries that power them - a plan...
Oct 07, 2020
Area burned by Rabbit Creek fire of 2018 has regenerated a 'unique environment'
Following a wildfire in the Prince Albert National Park (PANP) in 2018, officials are reminding the public how important fire is as a natural part of creating new ecosystems in the park.The objective ...
Oct 07, 2020
Plastics industry says its products are not 'toxic', urges govt to rethink label
OTTAWA - The federal government's plan to ban some single-use plastic products by labelling them "toxic" to the environment is defamatory and harmful to the companies that produce them, an industry gr...
Oct 07, 2020
Boreal Heartland inks deal with Federated Co-op to sell northern tea blends
A co-branding agreement between Federated Co-operatives Ltd. (FCL) and Air Ronge's Boreal Heartland Herbal Products will allow northern Saskatchewan-sourced teas to be sold throughout Western Canada. ...
Oct 07, 2020
Straws, stir sticks and bags among first targets of countrywide plastics ban
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says six single-use plastic items that aren't easily recycled and already have more environmentally-friendly alternatives will be the first to go under...
Oct 07, 2020
Opposition to peat moss mining gaining steam in tri-communities
Hundreds of people have joined a Facebook group called For Peat's Sake, which was launched by a group of tri-community residents opposed to plans for peat moss harvesting south of Air Ronge. "This gro...
Oct 06, 2020
Churchill Falls dam: Labrador Innu seek $4 billion in compensation from Hydro-Quebec
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Innu Nation of Labrador has filed a lawsuit against Hydro-Quebec seeking $4 billion in compensation for the ecological and cultural damage caused by the damming of the upper Chu...
Oct 06, 2020
2020 Vanity Cup sees thousands of fish caught, thousands of dollars handed out
The 2020 Vanity Cup took place at the Nipawin and District Regional Park on Oct. 3 and 4.A total of 160 teams competed in the annual walleye fishing tournament, catching a total of 3,299.8 pounds of w...
Oct 05, 2020
No alarm before deadly volume of water gushed from dam, killing man in B.C.: CEO
VANCOUVER - The CEO of a dam operator says there were no alarms to warn a group of people fishing on the banks of the Capilano River in North Vancouver that a deadly torrent of water was heading their...
Oct 02, 2020
Hearing over controversial Coastal GasLink pipeline resumes at B.C. Supreme Court
VANCOUVER - Arguments over the extension of the environmental assessment certificate for a natural gas pipeline in B.C. resumed in court on Friday with lawyers for Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs telli...
Oct 02, 2020