Category Archives: Environment
Canadian government modifies North Atlantic right whale protection measures for 2021
FREDERICTON — The federal Fisheries Department will continue efforts this year to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales in Canadian waters, but it is making some changes to reduce the impact on the fishing industry. The government announced Th...
Ontario planning Greenbelt expansion, would add moraine, urban rivers
TORONTO — Ontario said it plans to expand the province's Greenbelt by adding a moraine south of Toronto and a series of urban river lands to the protected zone. Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark said Wednesday the proposed expansion will mean
Carbon price revenues proving tough to predict, making rebates hard to estimate
OTTAWA — The federal government owes Canadian families in three provinces more than $200 million after underestimating how much it would raise from the carbon tax during the first year of the program. Finance Canada thought the new price on pollution
‘Hollow promises’: Top coal scientist warns Albertans of contamination from mining
EDMONTON — One of North America's top experts on pollution from coal mines is warning Albertans about the dangers of expanding the industry in the province's Rocky Mountains. "Expansion of coal-mining up the Alberta Rockies chain will absolutely produc...
B.C. approves single-use plastics bans in Surrey, Nanaimo, Rossland and Esquimalt
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has approved single-use plastics bans in four more communities. Surrey, Nanaimo, Rossland and Esquimalt are the latest municipalities to implement bans based on their particular needs. The province approved si...
Court told Alberta commissioner should continue foreign funding of oil critics probe
CALGARY — A court has been told that a man leading an inquiry into alleged foreign-funded anti-Alberta energy campaigns should be allowed to continue his work because accusations of bias are unfounded and his investigation is in the public interest. C...
Former Obama adviser Podesta on Biden’s Keystone XL decision: ‘He’s not going back’
WASHINGTON — A senior adviser to two former U.S. presidents delivered a stark message Friday to Canadians hoping for the resurrection of the Keystone XL pipeline: get over it. The project is gone and not coming back, said John Podesta, who
B.C. opens latest round of funding to clean up dormant oil and gas wells
VANCOUVER — The latest round of applications is now open under a $100-million fund aimed at cleaning dormant oil and gas wells in British Columbia. B.C. Energy Minister Bruce Ralston says the second half of the funding is set to be
B.C. opens latest round of funding to clean up dormant oil and gas wells
VANCOUVER — The latest round of applications is now open under a $100-million fund aimed at cleaning dormant oil and gas wells in British Columbia. B.C. Energy Minister Bruce Ralston says the second half of the funding is set to be
Alberta to expand world’s largest connected stretch of boreal forest preserve
EDMONTON — Alberta plans to expand the world's largest connected stretch of boreal forest preserve. Environment Minister Jason Nixon said Thursday the province wants to protect more than 1,400 square kilometres of forest and wetland to bring the total ...
