Tag Archives: Environment
Meeting Lake property owners concerned from overflow
Residents and property owners at Meeting Lake Regional Park are waiting for answers as they and park staff work to protect residences from waves spilling over constructed barriers.Since a berm was bui...
Jun 01, 2020
Climate change behind increases in extreme rain danger: scientists
The rains soaked southern Alberta for days, unrelenting, saturating soil already sodden with melting snow - and before long Calgary was awash as rivers overflowed their banks. The province d...
Jun 01, 2020
P.A. expected to see windy weather continue into the evening
Wind warnings have ended for the City of Prince Albert.However, Terri Lang, meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, said residents will still feel winds into the evening."We're still...
Jun 01, 2020
Conservation service dealing with dumping in local RM
There are issues with illegal dumping in a Prince Albert area rural municipality.Brett Diemert, the inspector with the Conservation Officer Service in P.A. said there are sites in and around the RM of...
Jun 01, 2020
Promising summer after lacklustre spring, Weather Network predicts
Most Canadians may have missed out on spring, but one of the country's most prominent weather forecasters says they'll likely get to enjoy a more seasonal summer. The Weather Network is calling for sl...
Jun 01, 2020
Investigations, prosecutions for polluting in Canada down sharply since 2015
OTTAWA - Environment Canada has been doing fewer inspections, investigations and prosecutions over the last five years to enforce a law protecting people from toxic chemicals and air pollution. A...
May 31, 2020
'It is dire:' Study finds B.C. logging continues on critical caribou habitat
The British Columbia government has permitted logging on more than 900 square kilometres of land despite its being listed as critical caribou habitat, says newly released research. The ...
May 29, 2020
Oilpatch advocates tell MPs help needs to be faster, easier to get
OTTAWA - Representatives from Canada's oilpatch said Thursday they don't know of a single energy company that has yet benefited from any of Ottawa's pandemic-inspired loan programs and many ...
May 28, 2020
More than half of national parks to reopen next week after COVID-19 closure
Parks Canada says some operations at national parks, national historic sites, historic waterways, and national marine conservation areas will resume starting June 1. Twenty-nine of Canada's 48 na...
May 27, 2020
Twenty-nine of Canada's 48 national parks to reopen to day-use visitors June 1
More than half of Canada's national parks - including Banff in Alberta, Pacific Rim in British Columbia and Cape Breton Highlands in Nova Scotia - are to reopen June 1.According to the national parks ...
May 27, 2020