Category Archives: Environment
4th request to federal government to join coal mine environmental review in Alberta
A fourth request has been made to the federal government to get involved in the environmental review of a coal mine proposed for Alberta's Rocky Mountains. Landowners, Indigenous people and environmental groups have sent a letter to Environment Ministe...
Canada-U.S. dispute emerges over right whale killed by entanglement with fishing gear
HALIFAX — Canadian officials are challenging a draft report from their American colleagues that alleges fishing gear from Canada is to blame for the entanglement of a North Atlantic right whale found dead off South Carolina. Fisheries and Oceans Canada...
Canada-U.S. dispute emerges over right whale killed by entanglement with fishing gear
HALIFAX — Canadian officials are challenging a draft report from their American colleagues that alleges fishing gear from Canada is to blame for the entanglement of a North Atlantic right whale found dead off South Carolina. Fisheries and Oceans Canada...
Canada-U.S. dispute emerges over right whale killed by entanglement with fishing gear
HALIFAX — Canadian officials are challenging American allegations that fishing gear from Canada is to blame for the entanglement of a North Atlantic right whale found dead off South Carolina. Fisheries and Oceans Canada issued a statement Wednesday say...
N.L. premier says ex-PM Chretien pitched nuclear waste storage plan in Labrador
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey says he rejected an idea last summer from former prime minister Jean Chretien to store international nuclear waste in Labrador. Furey said in a statement Thursday Chretien mentioned the ...
Manitoba officials forecast minimal flooding risk after warm, dry winter
WINNIPEG — Officials in Manitoba are forecasting a low risk of spring flooding while watching for signs of drought. Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler says the flood outlook suggests a warm and dry winter has eased annual spring flood fears. Winter p...
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario unite to urge Michigan not to shut down Line 5
WASHINGTON — Shutting down the Line 5 pipeline would create a "dangerous precedent" that would forever imperil future cross-border infrastructure projects between Canada and the United States, says Alberta's energy minister. Sonya Savage joined counte...
Diversity of background on committee tapping into views on Alberta coal mining
EDMONTON — The Alberta government has tasked a five-member committee with finding out how people feel about open-pit coal mining in the Rocky Mountains and their eastern slopes. Here's a description of committee members as provided by the Alberta Ener...
Alberta announces five-member coal consultation committee, online survey
EDMONTON — Alberta has struck a "fiercely independent" five-member committee to assess how people in the province feel about coal mining in the Rocky Mountains. Energy Minister Sonya Savage said the committee is expected to report by mid-November. Coal...
Nova Scotia premier defends extensive changes proposed for Biodiversity Act
HALIFAX — Changes that would eliminate more than half of a 20-page bill aimed at protecting Nova Scotia's biodiversity are being defended by Premier Iain Rankin. Proposed changes to the Biodiversity Act, tabled Monday before the legislature's law amend...
