Category Archives: Environment
‘Canada really sticks out:’ Studies show banks not so green on climate change
International analyses suggest Canadian financiers are oiling the wheels of the fossil fuel industry at a far greater rate than their peers. Bankers say they've made big strides in addressing climate change concerns and promise to reveal how dependent ...
Human activities, shipping, fishing, polluting, links to killer whale deaths: study
VICTORIA — A long-running study of more than 50 dead killer whales in the Pacific Ocean concludes human activities pose deadly threats to the orcas. Killer whale deaths from Alaska to British Columbia, south to California and west to Hawaii linked
Human activities, shipping, fishing, polluting, links to killer whale deaths: study
VICTORIA — A long-running study of more than 50 dead killer whales in the Pacific Ocean concludes human activities pose deadly threats to the orcas. Killer whale deaths from Alaska to British Columbia, south to California and west to Hawaii linked
Boil-water advisories at First Nations communities to remain past March 2021: feds
OTTAWA — The federal government says it will not meet a marquee pledge by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to lift all boil-water advisories in First Nations communities by March 2021. Indigenous Services Canada says at least 22 long-term water advisories...
Judge tosses application to pause Alberta inquiry into funding of oil and gas foes
CALGARY — An environmental law group has lost its bid to pause Alberta's inquiry into where critics of its oil and gas industry get their funding. Ecojustice sought an injunction in the summer to suspend the inquiry until there is a
Conservatives attack Trudeau’s ‘reset’ but they have ideas for their own
OTTAWA — Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre says building up the Canadian economy after the COVID-19 pandemic can't be achieved without a massive overhaul of the tax system and regulatory regime. And he knows you're already yawning as you rea...
Scientists urge permanent protection of Last Ice Area in Canada’s High Arctic
Derek Mueller, a senior researcher at Carleton University, cut his scientific teeth studying mats of microbes on some of Canada's oldest, thickest and most remote sea ice. "They have some very interesting pigments in their cells to fend off harmf...
Whales to trout: Ottawa announces $50M for research into fisheries ecosystems
The federal government has announced more than $50 million for research into marine and freshwater ecosystems across Canada. The projects range from improving habitat for Atlantic salmon to measuring the effects of shipping on whales off the British Co...
Fall of the wall: Alberta government takes down plant installation early due to bugs
EDMONTON — The ivy and tropical plants spread across a living wall in the lobby of a landmark Alberta government building are being cut down earlier than planned because of a bug infestation. The United Conservative government had intended to remove
Youths behind climate lawsuit file appeal after Federal Court rejects case
VANCOUVER — A group of 15 young people will try again to have the courts force Ottawa to develop a climate recovery plan after it was denied by Federal Court. The youths have filed an appeal of the court's October decision
