Tag Archives: Environment
Wildfires in 2023 drove Canada's air pollution. How could it affect life expectancy?
A new global report says record-breaking 2023 wildfires drove Canada's air pollution to levels not seen since at least the late 1990s and exposed half the country to pollution concentrations above the...
Aug 28, 2025
Village of Muenster receives $70k grant for Climate Change Risk Assessment
The Village of Muenster has received a $70,000 grant from the Government of Canada.Through the Green Municipal Fund's (GMF) Local Leadership for Climate Adaptation (LLCA) initiative, the $70K will go ...
Aug 28, 2025
Quebec government to table legislation to ban prayer in public places
MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it is planning to ban prayer in public places as part of a move to strengthen secularism in the province. The announcement makes good on an idea first mentioned l...
Aug 28, 2025
'Moral imperative': Teachers say more climate change lessons needed in classrooms
As climate change becomes more evident in Canadians' daily lives, teachers across the country say the education system must better equip younger generations to deal with its fallout. Students will be ...
Aug 28, 2025
Hodgson: Major projects office to launch this week
OTTAWA - The federal government's new major projects office will launch this week, a key element in Ottawa's push to spur construction of new large-scale infrastructure, Natural Resources Minister Tim...
Aug 27, 2025
U.S. billionaire tells why he's helping fund court fight to stop B.C. ostrich cull
A New York billionaire who is an avid supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump says he is helping fund the legal battle by a British Columbia ostrich farm against an order to cull their flock of about...
Aug 27, 2025
B.C. anglers flock for sockeye, but experts warn of decades-long declines for salmon
VANCOUVER - British Columbia anglers have been standing shoulder to shoulder on stretches of the Fraser River this week, hoping to hook a sockeye salmon during a rare recreational opportunity to catch...
Aug 27, 2025
Dr. Oz says B.C. ostriches may have valuable avian flu secrets and should be saved
Celebrity doctor-turned-U.S. health official Mehmet Oz says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's order to cull a herd of ostriches in B.C. over bird flu concerns would amount to a "slaughter" based o...
Aug 25, 2025
Following destructive wildfires, New Brunswick reopens forest access
FREDERICTON - New Brunswickers will be permitted once again to enter the province's forests, following a bout of cool weather that has reduced the risk of wildfires, officials said Monday. Starting Tu...
Aug 25, 2025
Making mud sexy: Scientists search for climate change answers in Quebec sea floor
MONTREAL - Far below the seals and belugas that dive gracefully through Quebec's Saguenay fiord, there are small creatures burrowing in the sea floor mud that scientists believe play a crucial role in...
Aug 24, 2025