Tag Archives: Environment
Trudeau says he does not share view that oil and gas sector is beyond saving
OTTAWA - Canada's oil patch is not dead, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday, as political pressure mounted on the government not to provide any further bailouts to the struggling se...
May 07, 2020
Grass fire scorches Paddockwood area property
There was lots of smoke Wednesday afternoon, coming from a property west of Paddockwood.According to their Facebook page, the Lakeland and District Fire Department responded around 12:45 p.m. to a ten...
May 06, 2020 (Facebook/ Lakeland and District Fire Dept.)
Baby birds outside the nest: Experts say it's OK to intervene
If you see a flightless baby outside its protective nest, the Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Saskatchewan (WRSOS) wants people to know they can help. "It's a myth - a bird can not smell you on the...
May 06, 2020 Two young robins in a nest. (ID 13496447 © Cheryl Davis | Dreamstime.com)
Alberta suspends environmental monitoring rules for oilsands over COVID concerns
EDMONTON - The Alberta Energy Regulator has suspended a wide array of environmental monitoring requirements for oilsands companies over public-health concerns raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. The deci...
May 06, 2020
Imperial Oil reports deaths of birds that landed on Alberta tailings ponds
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Imperial Oil Ltd. is reporting the deaths of 50 birds that landed on tailings areas near its Kearl oilsands project in northern Alberta. Imperial says more than 100 birds per da...
May 05, 2020
Federal scientists predict high wildfire risk across Western Canada
EDMONTON - A majority of forests in Canada face a higher-than-normal wildfire risk this summer, say federal scientists. The forecast map from Natural Resources Canada suggests every region w...
May 05, 2020
Mayor says Fort McMurray needs help after 'devastating' floods from ice jams
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - The mayor of a northern Alberta city hit hard by flooding says he will seek disaster aid from higher levels of government while residents have been told they may ...
May 04, 2020
Fort McMurray cleans up from flood on anniversary of 2016 wildfire evacuation
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - As residents of Fort McMurray continued to assess their flood-damaged homes and businesses and began the difficult task of cleaning them this weekend, they also marked the ...
May 03, 2020
Alberta parks partnership rules to be released, critics call for consultation
EDMONTON - Albertans are expected to learn Monday how they can take up to 164 provincial parks and recreation sites off the hands of a government that no longer wants them. The decision, announced in ...
May 03, 2020
Soaked walls and muddy basements: Fort McMurray residents survey their flooded homes
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - When Norm Sutton was allowed to return to his home in Fort McMurray, he could see that his wife's car had been totally submerged and floodwater had completely filled his fi...
May 02, 2020