Tag Archives: Environment
BC Hydro seeks baseload power boost from stable sources
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's power utility has begun the process to boost the province's baseload electricity generation capacity in a bid to meet the province's growing demand from residents and in...
Jun 04, 2025
Extended stretch of unobstructed summer weather arrives
NANAIMO - Following a typical spring weather pattern, what appears to be a prolonged stretch of summer-like weather has arrived. Environment Canada meteorologist Bobby Sekhon said warmer-than-average ...
Jun 02, 2025
Here are some facts about the proposed cull of hundreds of ostriches at B.C. farm
Protesters have been gathered for weeks at an ostrich farm in Edgewood, B.C., where an outbreak of avian flu killed 69 of the birds in December and January. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency wants t...
Jun 02, 2025
B.C. ostrich farm calls for independent testing to prevent 'unnecessary destruction'
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The operators of a British Columbia ostrich flock that's facing a cull order after an avian flu outbreak are calling for independent testing of the birds to preven...
Jun 02, 2025
Carney discusses "partnerships" with oil and gas executives in Calgary
CALGARY - Prime Minister Mark Carney sat down with oil and gas executives in Calgary Sunday to discuss partnerships and to get their input for his plans to make Canada an energy superpower. Carney, in...
Jun 01, 2025
B.C. ostrich farm facing cull ponders moving birds to U.S. as 'last resort'
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The family that operates a British Columbia ostrich farm facing a federal cull says it may look into the process of moving the birds to the United States as a "las...
May 31, 2025
B.C. ostrich farm at heart of avian flu debate upbeat despite looming federal cull
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The family that operates the British Columbia ostrich farm where some 400 birds face being euthanized by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says spirits remain hi...
May 31, 2025
Ostriches at B.C. farm have version of avian flu not seen elsewhere in Canada: CFIA
The type of avian flu infection present at a B.C. ostrich farm where a cull is planned is a mutation not seen elsewhere in Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Friday. It said the version ...
May 30, 2025
Prematurely born harbour seal Zeus is rescued in British Columbia
VANCOUVER - The latest patient at Vancouver's Marine Mammal Rescue Centre is tiny in stature but has a big name to live up to. Zeus, a prematurely born harbour seal, was rescued Tuesday after being fo...
May 30, 2025
Dive-bombed or not, Vancouverites are still pro-crow, researchers say
VANCOUVER - Along her journey towards understanding Vancouver's crows, psychology professor Suzanne MacDonald says she made a friend. It's a crow that brings her gifts after she set up a bird feeder a...
May 30, 2025