Tag Archives: Environment

OTTAWA - Canadian farmers may have to wait months to find out if they'll owe thousands of dollars for carbon pricing this year, as a bill that would give them a new exemption remains mired in politica...

EDMONTON - Lance Colby saw what was coming. The Alberta government said Wednesday it would open talks on water-sharing between large users as the province's drought situation worsens. But Colby, chair...

The capricious start to the winter season has already seen dramatic temperature swings across much of Canada, with energy grid-disrupting cold snaps giving way to an ice-thawing warm spell. Scientists...

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Heavy rain and record-breaking warmth in southwestern British Columbia this week brought back some bad memories for Abbotsford dairy farmer Matt Dykshoorn. The unseasonable warm spe...

MANNVILLE, Alta. - An air quality alert issued for an area east of Edmonton due to a fire at an oil lease site has been cancelled. Officials say the alert was cancelled after the fire was brought unde...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Business and agricultural groups sued California on Tuesday over the most sweeping climate disclosure mandates in the nation, arguing the policies signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom...

Researchers say an orca calf that was born to J pod of the endangered southern resident killer whales off the British Columbia and Washington state coasts is missing and presumed dead. The U.S.-based ...

EDMONTON - A former coal mine in the Alberta Rockies is releasing a contaminant toxic to fish at rates more than dozens of times higher than federal and provincial guidelines, while another periodical...

Saskatchewan has bid farewell to the arctic chill and is welcoming an extended stretch of mild winter weather. "There is a pretty big warmup on the way for Saskatchewan this weekend courtesy the polar...

After a full week in the deep freeze, Saskatchewan is beginning to warm up. The extreme cold warnings that have been in effect for much of the province since last Wednesday all came to an end on Tuesd...