Tag Archives: Environment
Disease outbreak has killed nearly 100 deer around Grand Forks, B.C., province says
GRAND FORKS - The British Columbia government has confirmed the presence of epizootic hemorrhagic disease in white-tailed deer in the Grand Forks area. A statement from the Ministry of Water, Land and...
Oct 03, 2025
Quebec LNG proposal not of 'national interest' at this point, says federal minister
MONTREAL - Federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson says it's too early to say whether a liquefied natural gas facility pitched for Quebec meets the bar of being in the national interest. "My sense is this...
Oct 03, 2025
Ostrich farmers awaiting Supreme Court decision get little attention from Ottawa
OTTAWA - As the Supreme Court of Canada considers whether to hear the case of a B.C. farm that's fighting to save its ostriches from a Canadian Food Inspection Agency cull, politicians in Ottawa appea...
Oct 03, 2025
Ostrich farmers awaiting Supreme Court decision get little attention from Ottawa
OTTAWA - As the Supreme Court of Canada considers whether to hear the case of a B.C. farm that's fighting to save its ostriches from a Canadian Food Inspection Agency cull, politicians in Ottawa appea...
Oct 03, 2025
B.C. launching deer hunt near Cranbrook to control spread of wasting disease
CRANBROOK - British Columbia is introducing an expanded deer hunt in the province's southeast in an attempt to reduce the spread of chronic wasting disease. The Ministry of Water, Land and Resource St...
Oct 03, 2025
Preparatory work to begin this fall for expansion of Port of Montreal at Contrecœur
MONTREAL - The Montreal Port Authority says it intends to begin preparatory work this fall on its planned expansion in the nearby town of Contrecur, Que. The project still requires authorization from ...
Oct 02, 2025
'No one of her stature': Conservationist Jane Goodall remembered in Canada
TORONTO - Jane Goodall's friend Dax Dasilva says one of the most remarkable things about the conservationist was an ability to draw animals towards her. Dasilva, a Vancouver-born entrepreneur and envi...
Oct 02, 2025
Conservation group preparing to perform necropsies on dead sperm whales in P.E.I.
A conservation group is planning necropsies on three sperm whales that died after being stranded off the northern coast of Prince Edward Island. Tonya Wimmer, executive director of the Marine Animal R...
Oct 02, 2025
Environmentalists, politicians, celebrities recall life and influence of primatologist Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall was a pioneer, a tireless advocate and a deeply compassionate conservationist who inspired others to care about primates - and all animals - during a long life well lived, according to tr...
Oct 01, 2025
Jane Goodall, the celebrated primatologist and conservationist, has died
Jane Goodall, the intellectual, soft-spoken conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking, immersive chimpanzee field research in which she documented the primates' distinct personalities and use of...
Oct 01, 2025