Tag Archives: Environment
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
Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) - Hurricane Melissa left at least dozens dead and caused widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, where roofless homes, toppled utility poles and water-logged...
Oct 29, 2025
Melissa partly to blame for wet, windy Halloween in Maritimes, Quebec and Ontario
HALIFAX - Residents of the Maritimes, Quebec and southern Ontario can expect wet, blustery weather this weekend, but a senior meteorologist says Hurricane Melissa is only partly to blame. The latest f...
Oct 29, 2025
Hurricane Melissa leaves dozens dead in trail of destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) - Hurricane Melissa left dozens dead and widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, where roofless homes, toppled utility poles and water-logged furniture domin...
Oct 28, 2025
1,400 annual deaths linked to wildfire smoke in Canada: climate and health report
A new global health report suggests that every year from 2020 to 2024 about 1,400 deaths in Canada were associated with wildfire smoke pollution as climate change takes an increasing toll on the count...
Oct 28, 2025
'Exceedingly rare': B.C. humpback's death may be first linked to whale-watch industry
VANCOUVER - There's been a series of entanglements and collisions involving humpback whales in British Columbia waters in recent weeks as numbers of the mammals surge, but the circumstances of the lat...
Oct 28, 2025