Category Archives: Environment
NDP government to lay out priorities with B.C. throne speech
VICTORIA — British Columbia's NDP government is set to present its throne speech later today, laying out its priorities more than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic began.NDP house leader Mike Farnworth has said the throne speech will focus on
‘You cannot claim any more:’ Russia seeks bigger piece of Arctic Ocean seabed
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Russia wants to stretch out imaginary lines on the ocean floor — and below it — and that has one northern security expert worried about consequences for other Arctic countries like Canada. Last week, Russia filed a submission
Horgan’s NDP to bring in throne speech in B.C., Opposition wants coherent plan
VICTORIA — British Columbia's opposition parties acknowledge the COVID-19 pandemic has presented huge challenges for Premier John Horgan's government, but they say Monday's throne speech must outline a coherent plan for the province's economic, health,...
Alberta must retract Forest Act before it becomes law: Treaty 8 grand chief
EDMONTON — The Alberta government must pull back its new Forest Act before it becomes law next month, says the grand chief of the province's northern First Nations. "We expect the province to suspend the new Forest Act immediately," Arthur Noskey
Bloc asks Ottawa to support logging, fledgling biofuels sector
OTTAWA — Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is calling on the federal government to recharge Quebec’s forestry sector with an eye to its energy potential. The Bloc is laying out a slate of proposals aimed at supporting the logging business an...
Conservancy protects area sacred to Tahltan Nation in northwestern B.C.
VICTORIA — Indigenous, provincial and federal leaders have worked beside industry and environmental groups to create a new conservancy in an area of northwestern British Columbia sacred to the Tahltan Nation. A statement from the Ministry of Environmen...
Liberals hope for ‘tame’ convention, in contrast to rival parties’ controversies
OTTAWA — Thousands of federal Liberals gathered online Thursday night for the start of a three-day national convention that promises to be downright dull compared to similar events held by the Conservative and New Democratic parties. And that suits Lib...
Private member’s bill would protect mountains from coal mines: Alberta NDP Opposition
EDMONTON — The Alberta Opposition is proposing legislation that it says would protect the province's Rocky Mountains from new open-pit coal mines. "What it's about is giving voice to the hundreds of thousands of Albertans who have begged this governme...
Climate change group pushes NDP, Green leaders to form election climate alliance
OTTAWA — An advocacy group alarmed by the pace of global warming is urging federal NDP and Green Party of Canada leaders to partner in the next general election in hopes of sending more climate-minded candidates to Ottawa. Organizers with 350
Old-growth advocates say they are digging in after B.C. court grants injunction
Advocates for old-growth forests say they are digging in as they try to protect parts of a valley on southwest Vancouver Island from logging. A dozen or more people who belong to the Rainforest Flying Squad set up camps last August
