Environment

Third request to federal government to join coal mine environmental review in Alberta

A third request has been made to the federal government to get involved in the review of a coal mine proposed for Alberta's Rocky Mountains. Landowners, Indigenous people and environmental groups are ...

Apr 06, 2021

Substantial grants target mid island waterfront projects

NANAIMO - COVID tourism stimulus cheques for Qualicum Beach, Parksville and Ladysmith are aimed at improving waterfront amenities in the respective communities. The province's Tourism Dependent Commun...

Apr 03, 2021

City poised to address building permit backlog

NANAIMO - Relief appears to be on the way to address delays in processing building permit applications in Nanaimo.City councillors endorsed a draft report from a consultant whose seven key recommendat...

Mar 25, 2021

Coal exploration approvals already exceed legal road thresholds, data suggests

EDMONTON - Road-building approvals for coal exploration already exceed legal limits in some parts of Alberta's Rocky Mountains and foothills, suggest documents from the province's energy regulator. "I...

Mar 24, 2021

Nanaimo beekeeper optimistic predatory insect won't survive on Vancouver Island

NANAIMO -More coordination is in place to ensure honey-bee killing Asian giant hornets don't feel at home in the pacific northwest.A joint statement from government officials in B.C. And Washington St...

Mar 19, 2021

Cedar residents angered by logging near Cable Bay, RDN responds

NANAIMO - Logging private land south of Nanaimo shifted into a public display of anger from area residents.A development permit issued by the Regional District of Nanaimo allowed most of a nearly 100 ...

Mar 17, 2021

Alberta energy minister defends war room petition attack on children's Bigfoot movie

EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister is defending her government's attack on a children's movie about Bigfoot, calling its anti-oil message inaccurate and "quite offensive." Sonya Savage also says it'...

Mar 16, 2021

VIDEO: Chopper delivers hiking bridge to Benson Creek Falls Regional Park

NANAIMO - Installing a bridge to properly connect Benson Creek Falls Regional Park (BCFRP) was anything but ordinary.Thick stands of trees crowding a narrow gorge forced the Regional District of Nanai...

Mar 12, 2021

'We got rid of it:' Canada, U.S. mark 30th anniversary of acid rain treaty

Tens of thousands of lakes were dying, their lifeless waters clear to the depths. Public statues were eroding, their features eaten away by acid falling from the skies.No more. Thirty years after Cana...

Mar 12, 2021

Herring roe fishery opens in Strait of Georgia

NANAIMO - Fleets of fishing boats are in the waters throughout the Strait of Georgia for the annual commercial herring fishery in the Strait of Georgia. Fisheries and Oceans Canada confirmed the annua...

Mar 10, 2021