Tag Archives: Environment

Ontario, Quebec and B.C. among provinces pulling U.S. booze from provincial retailers
Canadian alcohol producers are cheering decisions from several provinces to yank U.S. booze from provincial liquor stores. They say the move will deliver a boost to homegrown business while adding amm...
Feb 02, 2025

Canada slaps retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of U.S. goods, outlines response plan
OTTAWA - Ottawa is imposing 25 per cent tariffs on hundreds of goods originating in the United States - from meat and milk to carpets and curtains - in response to steep new American levies against Ca...
Feb 02, 2025

'Metabolic knife edge': Study offers insight into hummingbirds' hibernation-like rest
Powered by nectar and a metabolic marvel, migratory hummingbirds travel thousands of kilometres each year, breeding in places like British Columbia before making the journey as far away as Mexico to a...
Feb 01, 2025

Judge grants temporary reprieve to hundreds of B.C. ostriches facing avian flu cull
TORONTO - A federal judge has granted a temporary reprieve to about 400 ostriches that were facing a deadline on Saturday for them to be killed at a British Columbia farm hit by an outbreak of avian f...
Jan 31, 2025

Community helps Battlefords woman rebuilds rainbow ice wall after teenage vandalism
When life gives you freezing weather, why not build a rainbow-coloured ice fortress?That's exactly what North Battleford resident Kim Bishop, did after vandals knocked down their beloved ice wall.Bish...
Jan 31, 2025

'There's nothing better,': Stomp commercial fishing forms new archival exhibit
Air Ronge's Gordon and Joyce Stomp have been commercial fishing for more than five decades and their story will be on display starting Monday as part of Archives Week. The Stomps began fishing in 1972...
Jan 30, 2025

Battlefords Trail Breakers expand snowmobile trails to Turtleford along with new warm-up shelter
Snowmobile enthusiasts can now travel across the northern community more easily as the Battlefords Trail Breakers Snowmobile Club has added a 20-kilometer extension to its second-largest system in Sas...
Jan 29, 2025

'Simple but meaningful': Library inspires kids to grow with nature through partnership program
The Lakeland Library Region's Neighborhood Forest Program will once again provide free trees this year, continuing its commitment to nurturing environmental awareness in the next generation. In collab...
Jan 28, 2025

Canada stops letting cross-border hikers enter B.C. via Pacific Crest Trail
OTTAWA - The Canadian Border Services Agency says hikers on a trail that crosses into British Columbia from Washington state will no longer be allowed to proceed without first entering Canada through ...
Jan 27, 2025

B.C.-based climate activist deported to Pakistan after protest charges
British Columbia-based environmental activist Zain Haq was aboard a plane in Toronto on Sunday afternoon, awaiting a nearly 14-hour flight to Pakistan, where he said he was looking forward to seeing h...
Jan 26, 2025