Tag Archives: Environment

Ending tanker ban risks billions, B.C. minister says; Liberal MPs say consent needed
British Columbia's jobs minister says ending a tanker ban on the province's northern coast to service a pipeline from Alberta to B.C. would put billions of dollars' worth of other projects at risk by ...
Nov 19, 2025

Trail runners elude curious cougars behind Westwood Lake
NANAIMO - Strength in numbers may have played a pivotal role in maintaining the safety of a large group of people out for an evening run. Chris O'Grady was one of two runners leading a group of seven ...
Nov 18, 2025

B.C. abandons EV rebates to the Feds as it scraps sales mandate of 100% by 2035
VICTORIA - British Columbia has abandoned a rebate program for electric vehicles that it paused six months ago and is scrapping a mandate that every new vehicle sold in the province must be zero-emiss...
Nov 18, 2025

'Valid' questions for CFIA but few simple answers in wake of B.C. ostrich cull
Infectious disease veterinarian Scott Weese says the hundreds of ostriches shot dead on a rainy night at a British Columbia farm this month "probably weren't infected" with avian influenza at the time...
Nov 18, 2025

'Valid' questions for CFIA but few simple answers in wake of B.C. ostrich cull
Infectious disease veterinarian Scott Weese says the hundreds of ostriches shot dead on a rainy night at a British Columbia farm this month "probably weren't infected" with avian influenza at the time...
Nov 18, 2025

'Gas-for-wine': South Africa seeks deal to boost trade, investment with Canada
OTTAWA - As Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to Johannesburg for the G20 summit, Canada and South Africa are talking about a deal to boost bilateral trade and investment that could see more South Afri...
Nov 18, 2025

Port of Montreal expansion had inadequate consultation on endangered fish: Bloc MP
OTTAWA - Ottawa oversaw an inadequate consultation on mitigation plans for an endangered fish species threatened by the Port of Montreal expansion, a Bloc Qubcois MP charged on Monday. Officials from ...
Nov 17, 2025

B.C. wolves use line to pull up crab traps in first possible tool use by species
Researchers have captured video footage of wild wolves in British Columbia pulling crab traps out of the sea by their lines to eat the bait inside, in the first evidence of possible tool use by the an...
Nov 17, 2025

B.C. wolves use line to pull up crab traps in first possible tool use by species
Researchers have captured video footage of wild wolves in British Columbia pulling crab traps out of the sea by their lines to eat the bait inside, in the first evidence of possible tool use by the an...
Nov 17, 2025

Carney Liberals narrowly survive crucial budget vote, preventing winter election
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's government narrowly survived a crucial budget vote Monday evening, one that could have sent Canadians to the polls this winter but instead propped up the minority...
Nov 17, 2025