Murray Wood: Hard to know how much confidence to have in the Sask. budget
After last year's Saskatchewan budget went from a tiny surplus to a major deficit, Murray Wood says it's difficult to sa...
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Nova Scotia grants Northern Pulp mill one-year extension for environmental assessment
HALIFAX - An idled Nova Scotia pulp mill has been given another year to complete an environmental assessment for its project to build a new effluent treatment facility. The provincial Environment Depa...
Mar 15, 2024
Orcas that hunt the world's biggest predators may be a new population, say scientists
VANCOUVER - Researchers from the University of British Columbia said they've identified a potentially new population of open-ocean orcas, which hunt the biggest predators on the planet. In a study pub...
Mar 15, 2024
Alberta government releases no-go zone map for renewable power projects
EDMONTON - The Alberta government has released some details of where and how it will permit wind and solar development, prohibiting it along a broad stretch of the province's western edge, assessing i...
Mar 15, 2024
'Plan in advance': Eclipse glasses are hot sellers ahead of rare celestial event
MONTREAL - These days, Mylene Gamache-Tremblay spends her evenings and weekends taking orders for solar eclipse glasses, and packing and shipping them around the eastern part of the country. The Montr...
Mar 15, 2024
How the 2019 Fridays for Futures strikes inspired a wave of Canadian climate leaders
As they marched through the streets in 2019, Ashley Torres and Louis Couillard did not expect a protest would alter the trajectory of their lives. Then 23 and 22 years old, the student organizers did ...
Mar 15, 2024
B.C. First Nation and Western LNG partner to purchase natural gas pipeline project
A B.C. First Nation and a Houston-based firm are buying a ready-to-construct pipeline project that would supply a proposed floating LNG export terminal north of Prince Rupert. The Nisga'a Nation - who...
Mar 14, 2024
Saskatchewan government to start work on $1.15B irrigation project
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is set to begin work on a $1.15-billion project to expand irrigation, a move Premier Scott Moe says will help fulfil a dream not fully realized. Moe announced Thur...
Mar 14, 2024
Spring to be more noticeable this year, climatologist says
This winter has been nicer than normal, with a late start to the snowfall and warmer-than-normal temperatures. David Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, joined E...
Mar 14, 2024
Alberta renewables report contradicts government proposals for industry, critics say
EDMONTON - Critics are asking why the Alberta government's proposed regulations on renewable power seem to have ignored the conclusions of its own utilities regulator. "How did they end up creating th...
Mar 14, 2024
Alberta First Nations want Ottawa to class oilsands tailings component as toxin
Two Alberta First Nations have asked the federal government to examine whether a component of oilsands tailings pond water known to harm fish and other animals should be classed as toxic. The move cou...
Mar 14, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Little change in direction from this Saskatchewan budget
It's another deficit budget from the Saskatchewan Party government. The province is promising to be back in a surplus si...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, March 19
8:30 - The Government of Saskatchewan tabled its 2026-27 budget yesterday afternoon. This was a budget focused on health...