Category Archives: Environment
First Nation lauds plan to protect traditional land use in oilsands management plan
EDMONTON — The Alberta government says it has completed a plan to manage oilsands development in an area near the Fort McKay First Nation that supports traditional land uses and maintains its ecological integrity.The announcement follows an Alberta Cou...
Questions arise over protections from reinstated Alberta coal policy
EDMONTON — Doubts are being raised about the Alberta government's decision to restore a policy that protects the Rocky Mountains from coal mining. Energy Minister Sonya Savage on Monday brought back a 1976 policy that keeps open-pit coal mines out of
‘Bait and switch:’ Questions arise over what reinstated Alberta coal policy protects
EDMONTON — Doubts are surfacing over the Alberta government's decision to restore a policy that protects the Rocky Mountains from coal mining. "I think (it) did a bait and switch and I'm very disappointed," said Kevin van Tighem, a southern Alberta
Invasive Canada geese in the crosshairs as B.C. council approves planned cull
VERNON, B.C. — A program to cull invasive, non-migratory Canada geese in British Columbia's North Okanagan has the strong support of Vernon city council. Councillors have voted 6-1 in favour of the program to spend up to $40,000 to eliminate as
‘Didn’t get this one right:’ Alberta reinstates coal-mines policy after public outcry
EDMONTON — Public protest has persuaded the Alberta government to U-turn on a major section of its economic road map and reinstate a policy that has kept open-pit coal mines out of the Rocky Mountains for almost 45 years."We admit
Alberta to restore some coal-mining policy protections: government spokesman
EDMONTON — The Alberta government says it plans to restore some aspects of a policy it revoked last spring that protected a wide swath of the province's foothills and mountains from coal mines. The move has provoked intense public protest. There are
Federal Conservatives call for special Commons study of Canada-U.S. relations
OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives called Thursday for a special House of Commons committee to study Canada-U.S. relations, a move that appeared to win tacit support from the Liberal foreign affairs minister. Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole argued tha...
UCP co-founder urges Alberta premier to ‘fire yourself’ from intergovernmental post
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is getting some unsolicited advice from the co-founder of the United Conservative Party: fire yourself as the intergovernmental affairs minister. Brian Jean says Kenney’s “fight everyone” approach is not getting ...
Jason Kenney defends Rockies coal policy, calls old protections a ‘dead letter’
EDMONTON, Ky. — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is digging in when it comes to his government's stance on coal mining in the Rocky Mountains. In an interview this morning on Edmonton's CHED radio station, Kenney says an old policy that protected
‘Dead letter:’ Alberta premier defends coal policy change in Rocky Mountains
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says Albertans have no cause to worry over his government quietly throwing out a coal policy that protected the Rocky Mountains for more than four decades."No regulator, no government is going to allow a
