Tag Archives: Environment

TORONTO - A study of dozens of Canadian lakes suggests global warming is the major driver of surging algae levels, raising questions about the health of a sizable chunk of Earth's freshwater as temper...

NANAIMO - Ontario tourists made an ill-advised stop at a beach to get up-close views of a helicopter scooping water from Cameron Lake to combat an out of control fire. It happened on Monday, Aug 4, ar...

MONTREAL - A polarizing figure who railed against pandemic restrictions and wants to break Quebec's consensus on carbon pricing could be days away from claiming a long-coveted seat in the provincial l...

PARKSVILLE - Some rural Qualicum beach-area residents evacuated this week due to an out-of-control wildfire are being allowed back home. At 538 hectares in size as of Wednesday afternoon, progress con...

A Yukon First Nation says it will oppose any new mining claims on its traditional territory as it begins a regional land-use planning process with the territory's government. The First Nation of Na-Ch...

WASHINGTON - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew accused a group of Republicans of throwing a "timber tantrum" and playing "political games" after they called out Canada over wildfires sending smoke billowing ...

OTTAWA - Canada is pushing to bring language recognizing the rights of Indigenous Peoples back into a United Nations plastics pollution treaty. Delegates from more than 170 countries are in Geneva thi...

PARKSVILLE - Progress is steady on the out of control wildfire north of Cameron Lake, with minimal growth detected overnight. The Wesley Ridge wildfire remains at 511 hectares, or around 5 kilometres ...

Two years before the Titan submersible imploded south of Newfoundland, killing five people, Canada's Fisheries Department sent a letter of support to the sub's American owner, the U.S. Coast Guard say...

Vancouver Island photographer Colby Rex O'Neill has had restless nights as a wildfire burns less than a kilometre from his home. That's a worry, but he also fears the Wesley Ridge fire could reach wha...