Tag Archives: Environment
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
Why school buses don't run in extreme cold
An extreme cold warning from Environment Canada prompted school bus cancellations across Saskatchewan Monday morning including Prince Albert and the Battlefords, Saskatoon and Regina. While it's a bit...
Jan 20, 2025
Environment minister says Donald Trump pulling out of Paris pact is "deplorable"
MONTEBELLO, QUEBEC - U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement for a second time is "deplorable" but will not kill off that critical pact, Can...
Jan 20, 2025
Mass of Arctic air invades parts of Canada, sends mercury plunging
FREDERICTON - A mass of cold air that meandered south from the Arctic has sent temperatures plunging with wind chills making it feel like -40 Celsius or colder from New Brunswick to eastern Alberta. A...
Jan 20, 2025
Donald Trump signals 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports could be coming Feb. 1
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump suggested his administration could move ahead with with 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs on Canadian imports on Feb. 1. He delivered the deadline on Monday...
Jan 20, 2025