Category Archives: Environment
Mi’kmaq parliamentarians call for co-managed Indigenous fishery in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX — Three Mi'kmaq parliamentarians say Ottawa should create a co-managed Indigenous fishery off Nova Scotia as a long-term solution to conflicts between First Nations and non-Indigenous fishers in the lobster harvest. The proposal comes from Sen....
CPP breaking its rules with third-party donations in U. S: environment group
TORONTO — The Canada Pension Plan is overlooking its own rules that say its money cannot be used for political ends, says an environmental group. John Bennett of Friends of the Earth says Crestone Peak Resources — a Colorado-based company wholly
Minimal risk to wild salmon from viruses on farmed B.C. salmon: Fisheries Department
VANCOUVER — The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says nine pathogens from farmed salmon in British Columbia's Discovery Islands pose a minimal risk to wild salmon, based on its scientific assessments. It said Monday the department will consult with s...
Audit finds many Manitoba drinking water systems unlicensed, lack certified operators
WINNIPEG — Many drinking water systems in Manitoba are not licensed and lack a properly certified operator, the province's auditor general said in a report Monday. The review by Tyson Shtykalo points to water-related health disasters in other parts of ...
U.S. appeals softwood ruling to WTO appeals body the U.S. has rendered inoperative
OTTAWA — International Trade Minister Mary Ng says it is extremely disappointing that the United States has decided to appeal a World Trade Organization ruling against its softwood-lumber duties, particularly because the U.S. is making it impossible fo...
Trudeau urges largest countries in the world to support UN biodiversity plan
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on countries with the largest land masses to do more to protect the biodiversity of their land and water. Trudeau made that call on Monday at a special session of the United Nations
Group of prominent people demand immediate halt to Site C over stability concerns
VANCOUVER — A former president of BC Hydro and a former federal fisheries minister are among 18 prominent Canadians urging the provincial government to halt work on a huge hydroelectric project in northeastern B.C. The letter signed by former Hydro pre...
Alberta announces carbon levy-funded programs to reduce oilpatch methane emissions
EDMONTON — Alberta has announced where it will spend part of the money it recently earmarked to reduce methane emissions from the oilpatch. Environment Minister Jason Nixon says $25 million will be spent helping companies buy emissions reduction ...
Legislation to set five-year climate targets highest priority this fall: Wilkinson
OTTAWA — Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says he plans to move quickly this fall to set legislated targets to cut Canada's greenhouse gas emissions that go even further than what has already been promised. Wilkinson told The Canadian Press in a...
First Nations take Ontario government to court over environmental protections
Several Indigenous groups are taking the Ontario government to court over recently rescinded environmental protections, arguing the province's move violates their constitutional rights. The claim comes in a notice of application filed th...
