Tag Archives: Environment
Freight train carrying fuel derails west of Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS - Cleanup work is underway after multiple cars of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City train, including some loaded with fuel, derailed about 20 kilometers west of Kamloops, B.C. A statement from C...
Nov 02, 2025
'This day and fundraiser is huge for us:' Nanaimo Fish Hatchery hosts hands-on event
NANAIMO - It won't be hard at all to spot a spawning salmon splashing its way up a creek behind Nanaimo River Hatchery. The hatchery's popular annual Spawning Day Fundraiser takes place Sunday, Nov. 2...
Nov 01, 2025
Ostrich farm rallies support as court says it will decide next week if it hears case
Canada's highest court says it will rule next Thursday whether to tackle a bitter dispute between the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and a British Columbia ostrich farm over the ordered destruction o...
Oct 31, 2025
Ostrich farm rallies support as court says it will decide next week if it hears case
Canada's highest court says it will rule next Thursday whether to tackle a bitter dispute between the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and a British Columbia ostrich farm over the ordered destruction o...
Oct 31, 2025
Seven things to watch for as PM Mark Carney meets Chinese President Xi Jinping
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday at a summit in South Korea, where he intends to talk about "a much broader set of issues than trade....
Oct 30, 2025
Ottawa's new climate strategy being developed 'behind closed doors,' AFN says
OTTAWA - Ottawa's new climate competitiveness strategy is being developed "behind closed doors," without input from First Nations, an Assembly of First Nations leader charged at a parliamentary commit...
Oct 30, 2025
Canada helms G7 talks on critical mineral alliance after U.S.-China détente
TORONTO - Canada is heading up talks to establish a G7 critical mineral production alliance in what's widely seen as a bid to check China's reign over a supply chain key to everything from wind turbin...
Oct 30, 2025
Dawson Creek, B.C., extends drought emergency, fearing low river will freeze
DAWSON CREEK - The City of Dawson Creek in northeastern British Columbia says it has applied to extend its state of local emergency over drought concerns. The city issued a statement Wednesday saying ...
Oct 29, 2025
Judge says Greenpeace must pay $345 million in pipeline lawsuit, cutting jury amount nearly in half
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A North Dakota judge has ordered Greenpeace to pay damages of $345 million, reducing an earlier jury award after it found the environmental group and related entities were liable...
Oct 29, 2025
Ahead of G7 meetings, energy minister announces funding for green tech projects
OTTAWA - Federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson announced millions of dollars for clean tech projects on Wednesday, ahead of the G7 ministerial meetings in Toronto starting Thursday. Delivering the keyno...
Oct 29, 2025