Category Archives: Environment
Alberta wants to clear the way for development of ‘untapped’ geothermal energy
CALGARY — Alberta's energy minister says the province intends to clear hurdles to the development of clean geothermal energy. Sonya Savage said the United Conservative government plans to bring in legislation this fall to set the stage for furthe...
Plastics industry says its products are not ‘toxic’, urges govt to rethink label
OTTAWA — The federal government's plan to ban some single-use plastic products by labelling them "toxic" to the environment is defamatory and harmful to the companies that produce them, an industry group said Wednesday. Environment Minister Jonathan Wi...
Lobster catch dropped in N.S. bay in years leading up to launch of Mi’kmaq fishery
HALIFAX — The federal Fisheries Department says data gathered from a Nova Scotia bay where a self-regulated Mi'kmaq lobster fishery has been recently launched shows a decrease in the catch in recent years. However, the department also says there has be...
Straws, stir sticks and bags among first targets of countrywide plastics ban
OTTAWA — Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says six single-use plastic items that aren't easily recycled and already have more environmentally-friendly alternatives will be the first to go under Canada's new restrictions on plastics.That means it...
Churchill Falls dam: Labrador Innu seek $4 billion in compensation from Hydro-Quebec
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Innu Nation of Labrador has filed a lawsuit against Hydro-Quebec seeking $4 billion in compensation for the ecological and cultural damage caused by the damming of the upper Churchill River in the early 1970s. Senior Innu
Alarm system being considered after gush of water from dam kills angler in B.C.
VANCOUVER — A dam operator investigating an unexpected surge of water that rolled down a North Vancouver river and killed an angler says it's exploring the possibility of an alarm system at the site. Metro Vancouver CEO Jerry Dobrovolny says the
Mi’kmaq lobster boat in self-regulated fishery destroyed in suspicious fire
HALIFAX — A lobster boat belonging to a Mi'kmaq fisher has been destroyed by a suspicious fire at a wharf in southwestern Nova Scotia, near waters where a self-regulated Indigenous fishery is underway. RCMP Sgt. Andrew Joyce says police are investigati...
No alarm before deadly volume of water gushed from dam, killing man in B.C.: CEO
VANCOUVER — The CEO of a dam operator says there were no alarms to warn a group of people fishing on the banks of the Capilano River in North Vancouver that a deadly torrent of water was heading their way
Hearing over controversial Coastal GasLink pipeline resumes at B.C. Supreme Court
VANCOUVER — Arguments over the extension of the environmental assessment certificate for a natural gas pipeline in B.C. resumed in court on Friday with lawyers for Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs telling a judge an evaluation is needed on the potential ...
NDP, Liberal, Green leaders set for televised debate on Oct. 13
VANCOUVER — The leaders of British Columbia's three main political parties will meet face-to-face in a televised debate on Oct. 13. A consortium of broadcasters will televise the 90-minute debate starting at 6:30 p.m. featuring NDP Leader John Horgan, ...
