Tag Archives: Environment
Blaze near Cathedral Grove, but B.C. fire service says ancient forest not at risk
Vancouver Island photographer Colby Rex O'Neill has had restless nights as a wildfire burns less than a kilometre from his home. That's a worry, but he also fears the Wesley Ridge fire could reach wha...
Aug 05, 2025
Fisheries Department offered support to firm behind doomed Titan submersible
HALIFAX - Two years before the Titan submersible imploded south of Newfoundland, killing five people, Canada's Fisheries Department sent a letter of support to the sub's American owner, the U.S. Coast...
Aug 05, 2025
Canadian researchers solve 12-year mystery of sea star wasting disease
A team led by researchers in British Columbia has solved the mystery of a gruesome disease that has killed billions of sea stars along the Pacific coast of North America, more than a decade after the ...
Aug 04, 2025
Rat complaints on the rise in Montreal as critics demand city take action
MONTREAL - The rats took over James Klein's backyard this spring. He'd never had a rat problem in the more than two decades he's lived in Montreal's Snowdon neighbourhood. But now, when he watches TV ...
Aug 04, 2025
Allen Sapp Gallery's prairie garden blooms anew, blending culture and ecology
Under the summer sun in North Battleford, a patch of prairie sways with yellow coneflowers, blue grama grass and sweetgrass.The Allen Sapp Gallery's healing garden, first planted more than a decade ag...
Aug 02, 2025
Canada has its 1st case of West Nile this year. Here's what to know about the virus
TORONTO - Confirmation of the first human case of West Nile virus acquired in Canada this year arrived just in time for the August long weekend. The Public Health Agency of Canada said Thursday that a...
Aug 02, 2025
Heatwave leads to erratic wildfire behaviour as evacuations continue
Firefighters attempting to gain the upper hand in the dozens of wildfires burning across Northern Saskatchewan are getting no respite from Mother Nature over the long weekend. As the temperatures hit ...
Aug 01, 2025
Glencore accused of discharging copper concentrate dust at Horne smelter in Quebec
ROUYN-NORANDA - Glencore's Horne smelter in western Quebec is facing a charge under the province's environmental laws for allegedly releasing copper concentrate dust into the air in March 2023. Quebec...
Aug 01, 2025
E-coli advisory lifted at Kipabiskau Beach
Good news for swimmers heading to Kipabiskau Beach for the long weekend. The E-coli swimming advisory has been lifted. A test on July 28 showed E-coli levels in the water were well under safe levels. ...
Jul 31, 2025
First human case of West Nile virus acquired in Canada this year confirmed
TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says this year's first human case of West Nile virus acquired within the country has been confirmed in Toronto. The confirmation comes after Toronto Public...
Jul 31, 2025