Tag Archives: Environment
Snowy owl's threatened status an "alarm bell" for a changing Arctic, scientist says
MONTREAL - A scientific committee's decision to assess the snowy owl as threatened is yet another concerning sign of the changes shaping Canada's Arctic, two experts say. The Committee on the Status o...
May 25, 2025
Input sought to update Mount Benson management plan
NANAIMO - Those interested in guiding the future of Mount Benson Regional Park (MBRP) are invited to provide their opinions for the prized green space. An open house at the park's Benson View Rd. park...
May 24, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asks CFIA to reconsider ostrich cull at B.C. farm
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has written a letter to the president of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency asking that ostriches at a B.C. farm be spared from a planned cull. Kennedy, the U.S. secretary for h...
May 23, 2025
2024 sees record warm temperatures, less sea ice cover in Gulf of St. Lawrence
MONT-JOLI - Last year, the Gulf of St. Lawrence recorded its highest maximum surface temperature and lowest seasonal volume of ice cover in decades, say researchers with the federal Fisheries Departme...
May 23, 2025
Picking buffaloberries and electric fences: how wildlife is being managed ahead of G7
OTTAWA - There surely won't be lions or tigers at the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta., next month, and officials are doing their best to keep bears away, too. As many as 5,000 participants are set to d...
May 23, 2025
Canadians warned to prepare for hurricanes regardless of how many storms are forecast
HALIFAX - As the Atlantic hurricane season is about to start, a senior Environment Canada meteorologist says experts are predicting another active year for tropical storms. But Bob Robichaud at the Ca...
May 23, 2025
Fierce-looking B.C. fossil confirmed as new genus, days after death of discoverer
Before British Columbia fossil hunter Mike Trask died last week, he knew that recognition of his biggest discovery would live on. Now it has been confirmed that the ferocious-looking marine reptile he...
May 23, 2025
RCMP visit B.C. ostrich farm to prepare for potential cull enforcement and arrests
RCMP liaison officers have visited a British Columbia ostrich farm to prepare for potential arrests at the property where protesters are trying to prevent a cull of about 400 birds ordered by the Cana...
May 21, 2025
'The path disappeared:' Landslide sweeps away home and road northeast of Montreal
SAINTE-MONIQUE - Andr Lemire said he was woken up early Wednesday morning by his partner, who had heard ominous noises outside the farm where they live in Ste-Monique, Que. They left the home, and whe...
May 21, 2025
Indigenous groups send eviction notice to Quebec forestry companies
MONTREAL - Two Indigenous organizations have issued eviction notices to a number of Quebec forestry companies in the province's Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Mauricie and Cte-Nord regions. The Mamo allianc...
May 20, 2025