Category Archives: Environment
Industry, local mayors say they weren’t consulted on B.C. fish farm phase out plan
VANCOUVER — Several Vancouver Island mayors and members of British Columbia's salmon farming industry say a federal decision to phase out fish farming has left them feeling "disposable and discarded."In an open letter to Fisheries Minister Bernadette J...
Alberta decision to open Rockies to coal mining to face court challenges in new year
EDMONTON — The Alberta government is to face at least two court challenges in the new year over its decision to rescind decades-old protections and open the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains to coal mining. Landowners and the Ermineskin and
United Conservatives back down on Alberta parks, declare victory: professor
EDMONTON — An Alberta political science professor is calling the United Conservative government's announcement on parks its first major policy defeat. Duane Bratt of Calgary's Mount Royal University says the announcement is the first time he's seen the...
‘Resounding success’: Alberta calls parks policy a victory despite climbdown claims
EDMONTON — The Alberta government says its new parks announcement is a clear victory, not a climbdown. "Government’s latest call for partners has been a resounding success, meaning all areas currently considered Provincial Parks or Public Recreation Ar...
Alberta government says no parks to close after partnerships found
EDMONTON — The Alberta government says it won't be closing any provincial parks, whether it can find someone to run them or not. "I am grateful for the hard work of our parks partners and look forward to keeping our parks
Federal government announces funding to restore Wood Buffalo National Park
OTTAWA — The federal government has more than doubled previous funding commitments for Canada's largest national park to answer environmental concerns from Indigenous groups and a United Nations agency.Wood Buffalo National Park — a UNESCO World Herita...
Traditional knowledge at centre of efforts to protect land from shipwreck’s fuel
BLIGH ISLAND — Not far from an oily sheen on the waters of British Columbia's Nootka Sound is a site that the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation considers the centre of the world. Dorothy Hunt, who is part of the environmental unit for
Rules for fuels: Federal government proposes regulations for Clean Fuel Standard
OTTAWA — The federal government has proposed rules for its Clean Fuel Standard that producers and distributors would have to follow under its climate plan. "As the world moves to a cleaner economy, countries and businesses around the world are making
Feds throw support behind development of mini nuclear reactors; action plan released
TORONTO — Nuclear power is essential to meeting Canada's climate-change goals, and developing portable mini nuclear reactors is a key part of that strategy, the federal energy minister said on Friday. In announcing an "action plan" for developing small...
Federal health minister asked to review Alberta’s use of strychnine as wolf control
EDMONTON — Animal advocates have asked the federal health minister to review a decision that allows Alberta to keep using strychnine to poison wolves in an ongoing effort to preserve caribou herds. Wolf Awareness and Animal Justice filed the request wi...
