Category Archives: Environment
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
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...
