Tag Archives: Environment
BR-Logging-BC
British Columbia's Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship recommended that logging be prevented in an area where threatened southern mountain caribou live, but that was overruled by the gove...
May 16, 2026
Reaction to the Alberta-Ottawa agreement on carbon pricing, pipeline plans
CALGARY - Shovels could hit the ground on a new West Coast oilsands pipeline as early as September 2027, the federal and Alberta governments said Friday, after they announced a plan to gradually incre...
May 15, 2026
Quebec reimbursing farmers for fuel tax, says measure will help competitiveness
DRUMMONDVILLE - Quebec Premier Christine Frchette has responded to pressure from the agriculture sector, promising to reimburse millions of dollars to farmers for fuel taxes linked to the province's c...
May 15, 2026
Black bear found wandering urban Vancouver is tranquilized and released
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say a black bear was tranquilized, "slept it off, and was released without charges" after it was seen wandering around the city at night. They say in a post to social m...
May 15, 2026
Black bear found wandering urban Vancouver is tranquilized and released
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say a black bear was tranquilized, "slept it off, and was released without charges" after it was seen wandering around the city at night. They say in a post to social m...
May 15, 2026
Carney, Smith sign carbon price deal, suggest fall 2027 pipeline approval
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Friday they're eyeing a fall 2027 start date for construction of a new bitumen pipeline to the West Coast. It's part of a plan to acc...
May 15, 2026
Carney, Smith confirm energy announcement coming Friday
CALGARY - Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith say they'll be in Calgary on Friday to announce the next step in their landmark energy pact. Carney says it will feature an impl...
May 14, 2026
What could a supercharged El Nino mean for Canada?
A rapidly warming planet due to human-caused climate change is set to amplify what forecasters say could be a supercharged El Nino, spelling possible hot and dry conditions to come for parts of Canada...
May 14, 2026
What could a supercharged El Nino mean for Canada?
A rapidly warming planet due to human-caused climate change is set to amplify what forecasters say could be a supercharged El Nino, spelling possible hot and dry conditions to come for parts of Canada...
May 14, 2026
Carney unveils new electricity strategy, noncommittal on 2030 climate targets
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled Canada's long-awaited new electricity strategy Thursday, placing a heavy emphasis on expanding the role of natural gas in powering the grid as he seemed to...
May 14, 2026