Category Archives: Environment
Herring catch quota in B.C.’s Georgia Strait will ensure health of species: DFO
VANCOUVER — Fisheries and Oceans Canada says herring catch quotas in British Columbia's Strait of Georgia will remain at last year's levels of about 20 per cent of the estimated fish stock. The department says at a news conference Friday the
Ethics committee rejects plan to move Quebec deer that were slated to be killed
MONTREAL — A plan to relocate deer from a Montreal-area park has fallen through after an ethics committee deemed the strategy unsafe. About half the white-tailed deer in Michel-Chartrand park were slated to be killed last fall because officials said th...
Head of new Indigenous committee aims for systemic change at Canada Energy Regulator
VANCOUVER — The chairman of a new Indigenous advisory committee at the Canada Energy Regulator says he wants to fix a system that has treated First Nations, Inuit and Metis people as an "afterthought." Tribal Chief Tyrone McNeil, a Sto:lo member
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
