Tag Archives: Environment
BC Hydro's challenge: Powering province through surging demand, drought and trade war
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's power utility is facing transformational challenges of drought, rising costs and a trade war with the United States as it works to meet electricity demand that's surging...
May 20, 2025
Logging, pruning and anxiety in Banff ahead of first summer since Jasper wildfire
BANFF - Looking out over a budding meadow with blackened tree stumps on the edge of Banff National Park, Cliff White points to a dark thicket of trees where the empty plot ends. "The next fire in here...
May 19, 2025
Eco-friendly transportation a condition of planned Ottawa Senators arena: agreement
OTTAWA - Public transit, cycling and walking will be the "primary and preferred modes" of getting fans to and from the Ottawa Senators' planned downtown arena, says a newly disclosed agreement on the ...
May 19, 2025
Manitoba bear cub that sustained burns from forest fire dies from injuries
The operator of a bear rescue organization in Manitoba delivered sad news on Saturday about a tiny, seven-pound black bear cub that had been rescued with burns to her paws, nose and lips from a forest...
May 17, 2025
Bryde's whale washes ashore in only known sighting of the animal in B.C.
Another dead whale has washed ashore on a British Columbia beach, the third over two weeks, but a marine wildlife expert at the scene said Friday that there's likely no connections between the latest ...
May 16, 2025
Ostrich cull opponents swamp rural B.C. officials with gratitude over landfill ruling
Aidan McLaren-Caux is used to being stopped in grocery store aisles by people who want to discuss issues as a local politician, but a federal agency's decision to cull a flock of 400 ostriches in Edge...
May 16, 2025
Reformed Westwood Lake beach to open for long weekend
NANAIMO - Just in time for the May long weekend, construction gates around a popular beach in Nanaimo are coming down. Kirsty MacDonald, the City's manager of parks operations, said the expanded and a...
May 16, 2025
B.C. district wants avian flu testing on ostriches facing cull
The Regional District of Central Kootenay in British Columbia says it will ask the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to conduct further testing for avian flu on a flock of ostriches facing a cull, befor...
May 15, 2025
Supporters converge on B.C. ostrich farm as food agency confirms cull of flock
Operators of a British Columbia ostrich farm where 400 birds have been ordered culled said Wednesday that dozens of supporters have converged on the scene, as the federal agency in charge of the opera...
May 14, 2025
Canada must maximize use of existing pipelines before building more, minister says
OTTAWA - Canadian Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault said Wednesday Canada needs to maximize its use of existing pipelines before building more - a day after Prime Minister Mark Carney indicated an op...
May 14, 2025