Tag Archives: Environment
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
Meet Poppy, an oil spill-sniffing dog and a scientific trailblazer
Poppy, a six-year-old springer spaniel with floppy brown ears and a tail that never seems to stop wagging, is by all accounts a very good dog. Her white, brown speckled nose has also made her somethin...
Jan 24, 2025
Trump's call for OPEC to bring down cost of oil conflicts with his agenda: experts
WASHINGTON - Experts say U.S. President Donald Trump's push for the OPEC+ alliance of oil exporting countries to bring down the cost of oil conflicts with the Republican leader's own plans to make Ame...
Jan 23, 2025
Northern author selected as Family Literacy Day reader
La Ronge's Miriam Krner has been selected to read from her book Fox and Bear as part of Family Literacy Day on Jan. 27. "I was really excited when the Saskatchewan Literacy Network contacted me and le...
Jan 22, 2025
Ottawa dragging its feet on protecting endangered caribou: B.C. conservation groups
Southern mountain caribou are disappearing in British Columbia and the federal government has been dragging its feet for more than a decade on protecting the endangered herds, conservation groups say ...
Jan 22, 2025
Oil and gas experts weigh in on Trump tariffs
Corey Chmelnyk is of two minds about President Donald Trump's threat for a 25 per cent tariff to Canada. "I honestly wouldn't say there's panic yet because I think there's still the potential that we ...
Jan 22, 2025
Wolf transfer from B.C. to Colorado complete, but state wildlife staff 'threatened'
The capture of 15 grey wolves in British Columbia and their release in Colorado is complete, an operation that led to unspecified threats against staff with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the agency sai...
Jan 21, 2025
B.C. First Nations leader reverses stance on pipeline as Trump tariff threat looms
VANCOUVER - The president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs is reversing his previous opposition to the scrapped Northern Gateway pipeline project that would have created another route for Alberta's oi...
Jan 21, 2025
Parts of tundra releasing more carbon than they absorb: study
Parts of the Arctic tundra are now releasing more planet-warming gases than they absorb, an international study published Tuesday suggests, upending a millennia-old trend and raising concerns about a ...
Jan 21, 2025
Liberal leadership hopefuls distance themselves from carbon pricing
OTTAWA - The three frontrunners in the Liberal leadership race have all backed away - to one degree or another - from the Liberal government's keystone climate policy in a bid to take a major Conserva...
Jan 21, 2025