Tag Archives: Environment
Fisheries Department grants authorization for port expansion in Contrecoeur, Que.
MONTRAL - Fisheries and Oceans Canada has granted authorization to the Montreal Port Authority to expand a container port terminal northeast of the city in the habitat of an endangered fish species. T...
Jan 08, 2026
Cleanup underway after oily spill in waters near Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO - British Columbia's Environment and Parks Ministry says an oily spill in waters near Nanaimo on Vancouver Island involved hundreds of litres of an unidentified substance that originated at a ...
Jan 08, 2026
US will exit dozens of international organizations as it further retreats from global cooperation
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the U.N.'s population agency and the U.N. treaty that establishes international climate n...
Jan 07, 2026
Quantum computing firm Photonic raises $180M in latest financing round
VANCOUVER - Quantum computing company Photonic Inc. says it has raised $180 million in its latest financing round which included Royal Bank of Canada and Telus as new investors. The Vancouver-based co...
Jan 06, 2026
B.C. approves extending life of Mt. Milligan copper-gold mine to 2035
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Environmental Assessment Office says it has approved an extension for the life of the Mount Milligan copper and gold mine near Fort St. James into 2035. The province says...
Jan 05, 2026
Environment Canada warns of heavy rain or snow for parts of B.C. including Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A series of rain and snowfall warnings are in place for parts of British Columbia, with Metro Vancouver expecting up to 60 millimetres of rain with snowfall accumulating at higher elevatio...
Jan 05, 2026
Canada's oil sector shouldn't panic, stay competitive after Maduro's seizure: experts
EDMONTON - Two political scientists say U.S. President Donald Trump's interest in transforming Venezuela's oil-rich sector hasn't created panic or shaken up Canada's oil industry. Heather Exner-Pirot,...
Jan 04, 2026
Northern lights inspire recovery in Telegraph Cove, B.C., year after devastating fire
Mary Borrowman says she'll never forget the moment she and her husband, Jim, watched the northern lights shimmer across the sky on the morning of Jan. 1, 2025, from their home in Telegraph Cove, B.C. ...
Dec 31, 2025
Northern lights inspire recovery in Telegraph Cove, B.C., year after devastating fire
Mary Borrowman says she'll never forget the moment she and her husband, Jim, watched the northern lights shimmer across the sky on the morning of Jan. 1, 2025, from their home in Telegraph Cove, B.C. ...
Dec 31, 2025
Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, has died at 35
BOSTON (AP) - Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, has died. She was 35. Schlossberg, the daughter of Kennedy's daughter, Caroline Ken...
Dec 30, 2025