Tag Archives: Environment

OTTAWA - The federal government's new major projects office will launch this week, a key element in Ottawa's push to spur construction of new large-scale infrastructure, Natural Resources Minister Tim...

CALEDON - Construction on Highway 413 north of Toronto will begin within days, Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday. But Ford and Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria refused to say when the highway ...

A New York billionaire who is an avid supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump says he is helping fund the legal battle by a British Columbia ostrich farm against an order to cull their flock of about...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia anglers have been standing shoulder to shoulder on stretches of the Fraser River this week, hoping to hook a sockeye salmon during a rare recreational opportunity to catch...

Celebrity doctor-turned-U.S. health official Mehmet Oz says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's order to cull a herd of ostriches in B.C. over bird flu concerns would amount to a "slaughter" based o...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswickers will be permitted once again to enter the province's forests, following a bout of cool weather that has reduced the risk of wildfires, officials said Monday. Starting Tu...

MONTREAL - Far below the seals and belugas that dive gracefully through Quebec's Saguenay fiord, there are small creatures burrowing in the sea floor mud that scientists believe play a crucial role in...

Sometimes it happens without any more warning than the sound of cracking. A tree physiologist said that several years of repeated drought in British Columbia mixed with heat stress increased the likel...

The Federal Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday that a cull of about 400 ostriches can proceed at a British Columbia ostrich farm that suffered an avian flu outbreak. Here are five things to know about ...

Vancouver's Lucas Robinson was making a 575-kilometre trip east to the small community of Edgewood, B.C., with steaks, hamburgers, watermelon and his dog. The trucker said he felt a responsibility to ...