Tag Archives: Environment
How many glaciers in Canada's Arctic can be saved from extinction?
Thousands of glaciers across Canada could be saved from total extinction by the end of the century if humanity can bend the curve on global warming, a new global study suggested while offering a grim ...
Dec 15, 2025
Poilievre says Carney's Liberals are 'counterfeit' Conservatives
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been encouraging Prime Minister Mark Carney to steal his ideas on everything from tax cuts to bail reform since the April election - but he says what ...
Dec 15, 2025
There's a happiness gap between young people in Quebec and in the rest of Canada
MONTREAL - Joshua Bujold, an upbeat psychology student in his first semester at Montreal's Dawson College, was taken aback to find out that happiness among young Canadians has plunged. Outside Quebec,...
Dec 15, 2025
Whale sanctuary project in N.S. needs $15 million to open by end of summer
HALIFAX - The Whale Sanctuary Project, a proposed underwater enclosure that would encompass roughly 40 hectares off Nova Scotia's eastern shore, needs up to $15 million if it hopes to open by the end ...
Dec 14, 2025
Alberta-Ottawa agreement on methane targets stokes dismay for some, relief for others
CALGARY - The prospect of building a new bitumen pipeline to the West Coast has garnered most of the attention since Ottawa and Alberta announced their sweeping energy accord late last month, but anot...
Dec 14, 2025
Locals plan to remove shoreline hazard in Qualicum Beach
QUALICUM BEACH - A community-led effort is underway to dispose of an unusual and unwelcome addition to the pristine shoreline of Qualicum Beach. Qualicum Beach Streamkeepers president David James said...
Dec 13, 2025
B.C. rescuers remove rope wrapped around sea lion's neck after weeks-long effort
VANCOUVER - Marine mammal rescuers in British Columbia say a weeks-long operation has successfully freed a sea lion from a rope wrapped around its neck that was causing "rapidly worsening injuries." T...
Dec 12, 2025
B.C. rescuers remove rope wrapped around sea lion's neck after weeks-long effort
VANCOUVER - Marine mammal rescuers in British Columbia say a weeks-long operation has successfully freed a sea lion from a rope wrapped around its neck that was causing "rapidly worsening injuries." T...
Dec 12, 2025
Exploding nitrous oxide canisters no laughing matter for garbage collection
VANCOUVER - Canisters of nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, sold under the guise of whip cream chargers are increasingly showing up at Metro Vancouver waste facilities, and they're causing dan...
Dec 12, 2025
Exploding nitrous oxide canisters no laughing matter for garbage collection
VANCOUVER - Canisters of nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, sold under the guise of whip cream chargers are increasingly showing up at Metro Vancouver waste facilities, and they're causing dan...
Dec 12, 2025