Tag Archives: Environment
'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
Local school division looking to cut energy costs
Prince Albert Catholic Schools are getting some help to go green.The division has been given $269,000 from the Climate Action Incentive Fund. The initiative is providing money to school divisions acro...
May 26, 2020
'Pointing out the obvious:' Alberta govt stands by energy minister's comments
EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister isn't backing away from her comments that COVID-19's public health rules and economic fears favour pipeline construction. "I don't think anybody should be sur...
May 26, 2020
Heat wave forces cities, long-term care centres to rethink how to offer heat relief under COVID-19
OTTAWA - A heat wave engulfing large swaths of Ontario and Quebec could spell tragedy for the people who are already most at risk from COVID-19, health experts warn. Environment Canada issued a heat w...
May 26, 2020
Nut Point Trail closed due to bear sightings
The Nut Point Trail in the Lac La Ronge Provincial Park is closed due to multiple sightings of bears. "It's been closed for a couple of days," said Park Manager Natasha Merriman. "There were a couple ...
May 25, 2020
Salmon expected to begin arriving soon at Fraser River landslide: DFO
VANCOUVER - Parts of a pneumatic fish pump dubbed the "salmon cannon" have arrived at the site of a massive landslide along British Columbia's Fraser River, where Fisheries and Oceans Canada...
May 25, 2020
Campgrounds prepare for opening day next week
To meet the demand for an outdoor escape from being cooped up due to COVID-19, campgrounds and parks are working quickly to prepare their sites for summer.Long-term seasonal, overnight stay and limite...
May 25, 2020