Category Archives: Environment
Premier Ford under fire over mass resignations at Ontario conservation authority
TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford said Monday he would not "touch" a protected stretch of land surrounding the Greater Toronto Area, pushing back against criticism over mass resignations at a conservation authority.The chair of Ontario's Greenbelt Council, D...
Half of Ontario’s Greenbelt Council quits in wake of chair’s protest resignation
Half of the remaining members of Ontario's Greenbelt Council have followed their former chairman's lead by stepping down in protest of pending environmental reforms. Six members, all appointed under the previous Liberal government, resigned from the co...
Former federal cabinet minister leaves Ontario role over proposed environment laws
A former Conservative federal cabinet minister and Toronto mayor has stepped down as head of Ontario's Greenbelt Council in protest over proposed rules he says would gut environmental protections in the province. David Crombie says his resignation, whi...
Grassy Narrows First Nations chief hails more funding for mercury treatment centre
OTTAWA — New money for a treatment centre for those living with the effects of chronic mercury poisoning comes as a ray of hope for a northern Ontario First Nation that has spent the past six decades in the shadow
Anglers seek protection for Alberta river they say is threatened by gravel plan
One of Alberta's largest grassroots conservation groups is to plead this week for the protection of a much-loved river from gravel mines it fears would damage a world-class trout fishery and undo years of work. "We have an environmental marvel of
Alberta offers Rocky Mountain coal leases after rescinding protection policy
EDMONTON — Alberta is offering more of its Rocky Mountain landscapes to coal mining after rescinding a decades-old policy that protected them. In documents released earlier this week, Alberta Energy is giving miners until Dec. 15 to bid on nearly 2,00...
Federal-provincial cost-sharing deal aids B.C. public transit services in pandemic
VANCOUVER — B.C. Transit, TransLink and BC Ferries will get more than $1 billion in pandemic relief funds under details of an agreement that were finalized on Friday by the federal and provincial governments. Joyce Murray, the federal digital governmen...
Denmark to end oil, gas extraction in North Sea
COPENHAGEN — Denmark has decided to end all oil and gas activities in the North Sea by 2050 and has cancelled its latest licensing round, saying the country is "now putting an end to the fossil fuel era.” The Danish Parliament
Report finds no obvious cause of Old Fort landslide in northeastern B.C.
VICTORIA — A report from British Columbia's chief inspector of mines says the cause of a slow-moving landslide that has threatened a tiny B.C. community may never be determined. The steep slope above Old Fort slumped over several days in 2018,
Climate change costs taking increasing chunk off Canada’s GDP growth: study
Climate change costs are already taking an increasing bite out of Canada's economic growth and the country is falling behind other nations when it comes to planning for them, says federally funded research. "Some of these impacts we've already seen are...
