Tag Archives: Environment
'There were flames within feet of homes:' Dashwood fire chief recounts frantic fight against Wesley Ridge blaze
QUALICUM BEACH - Local fire departments played an integral role in protecting homes when the Wesley Ridge wildfire roared toward the vulnerable rural Meadowood area. A day removed from being formally ...
Aug 20, 2025
B.C.'s Joffre Lakes Park closing for a month for recovery, First Nations' practices
PEMBERTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - British Columbia's government says Joffre Lakes Park will shut for a month in about two weeks' time, to allow it to "recover from a busy summer" and allow First N...
Aug 19, 2025
Quebec City using artificial intelligence to manage traffic, reduce congestion
Quebec City has started synchronizing traffic lights with the use of Google's artificial intelligence, technology the city says will improve traffic flow, reduce congestion, and lower greenhouse gas e...
Aug 19, 2025
Indigenous leaders on Trans Mountain lessons as Building Canada Act moves forward
OTTAWA - Two former Indigenous leaders on both sides of the debate over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion say the federal government can't ignore First Nations on future infrastructure projects it...
Aug 18, 2025
Loose bull forces highway closure in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD - Police say a major highway in British Columbia has been shut down on Saturday afternoon after a bull on the loose is standing in the middle of the roadway, blocking the traffic. Abbotsfor...
Aug 16, 2025
Canada didn't push for plastic production cap in talks on global treaty
OTTAWA - Canadian officials negotiating a global treaty to end plastic pollution at the United Nations say they didn't push other countries to agree to a cap on plastic production because such a measu...
Aug 15, 2025
Evacuation order lifted for St. John's suburb; wildfire destroys Newfoundland school
ST. JOHN'S - There was a very happy chicken in a suburb of St. John's, N.L., on Friday after residents who had been forced to leave their homes because of a wildfire were finally cleared to return. Ha...
Aug 15, 2025
Conservatives plan national campaign against federal electric vehicle mandates
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has set his sights on Canada's electric vehicle mandate, pledging Thursday that his party will embark on a national campaign to push the Liberal governmen...
Aug 14, 2025
Montreal public health reports three heat-related deaths since Sunday
MONTREAL - Health officials in Montreal are still working to tally the total number of people who died from heat-related causes since Sunday, when sweltering temperatures took over the city. The city'...
Aug 14, 2025
100 homes, structures may have been lost to Newfoundland's largest wildfire: premier
ST. JOHN'S - Officials say the largest wildfire burning in Newfoundland and Labrador may have destroyed up to 100 homes and structures. However, Premier John Hogan says it is still too dangerous for c...
Aug 14, 2025