Tag Archives: Environment

EDMONTON - With Canada Day fast approaching, Canadian fire chiefs are reminding the public about the safe use of fireworks. Chief of the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs Ken McMullen says people sh...

TORONTO - The heat wave that gripped Eastern Canada last week brought stifling conditions, put pressure on the electricity grid and broke several temperature records as residents sweltered. While the ...

OTTAWA - The Governor General's office has announced 83 new appointments to the Order of Canada. A look: Companions: -Monique Forget Leroux, C.C., O.Q., Outremont, Que., a promotion within the Order f...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Catastrophic Canadian warming-fueled wildfires last year pumped more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air than India did by burning fossil fuels, setting ablaze an area of fores...

CALGARY - Shell Canada is going ahead with its Polaris carbon capture project in Alberta. The company - the Canadian subsidiary of British multinational Shell PLC - announced Wednesday it has made a p...

MONTREAL - The world is full of dangers when you're a falcon chick less than six weeks old and learning to fly - even if you're a member of the fastest species on Earth. This week, three falcon chicks...

VANCOUVER - A new financing initiative for 17 First Nations in British Columbia is set to expand protection for marine ecosystems off the coast of the Great Bear Rainforest. Prime Minister Justin Trud...

The Government of Saskatchewan says it won't comply with the federal government's coming clean energy regulations because doing so would cost the provincial economy more than $7.1 billion. Ottawa's re...

OTTAWA - New projections by Statistics Canada suggest the nation's population could reach 63 million by 2073, with the number of people aged 85 or older set to triple. The agency says migration will b...

CALGARY - For the first time, Alberta's oil and gas industry has exceeded the province's own regulatory limit for natural gas flaring. A tally by The Canadian Press of Alberta Energy Regulator data sh...