Category Archives: Environment
Health Canada says it won’t consider animal suffering in strychnine review
OTTAWA — Animal suffering won't be considered when a Health Canada agency next reviews licences for poisons used to kill predators, the department has ruled. In a decision released this week, Health Canada says the Pest Management Regulatory Agency won...
Development in wildlife corridor in mountain town of Canmore, Alta., back for debate
A decades-old debate over development in an important wildlife corridor in an Alberta mountain community is to be back before council next week. Plans for two projects, which make up about 80 per cent of the remaining developable land in Canmore,
Alberta town asks province for stop-work order on coal exploration in mountains
HIGH RIVER, Alta. — An Alberta town in the Rocky Mountain foothills wants the provincial government to order a stop to increasingly controversial coal exploration in the region. "Coal exploration is causing irreparable damage to the landscapes and wate...
Harnessing the Bay of Fundy: New platform has turbines like a boat’s outboard motor
METEGHAN, N.S. — A large floating platform with six underwater turbines was launched today near the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, marking the latest high-tech bid to generate electricity by harnessing the bay's powerful tides. Dartmouth, N.S.-based Sustai...
Harnessing the Bay of Fundy: New platform has turbines like a boat’s outboard motor
METEGHAN, N.S. — A large floating platform with six underwater turbines was launched Monday near the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, marking the latest high-tech bid to generate electricity by harnessing the bay's powerful tides. Sustainable Marine Energy C...
Element of contradictions: Selenium cuts thin line between healthy and toxic
EDMONTON — Sort of silvery in its raw state, sort of metallic but not really, selenium embodies contradiction. It's fairly rare — the 68th most common element — but often found with coal. Tiny amounts are essential to health — selenium helps
Alberta promises close watch on new mines but cuts oversight of coal-polluted rivers
EDMONTON — Alberta government documents show repeated cuts to environmental monitoring despite contaminants in some waterways that exceed thresholds that are supposed to trigger increased scrutiny. The province's 2019 five-year monitoring plan shows st...
‘Serious concern’ among Nunavut communities over iron ore mine’s proposed expansion
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut communities on the northern tip of Baffin Island are speaking out against the proposed expansion of an open-pit iron ore mine that would include construction of a railroad, lead to more ship traffic and, hunters fear,
Deadline extension will mean more time to get responses, oil inquiry head explains
CALGARY — The commissioner of Alberta's inquiry into the funding of oil and gas industry critics says a deadline extension will allow more time for the inquiry to get responses from the people it names. The inquiry headed by Steve Allan
N.L. fisheries union calling on election candidates to increase minimum wage
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The union representing inshore fishers in Newfoundland and Labrador is calling on party leaders during the provincial election to commit to increasing the minimum wage. The Fish Food and Allied Workers Union released a series of reco...
