Tag Archives: Environment

VANCOUVER - Recent wild temperature swings in British Columbia have raised concerns about the impact on some local animals' health, and potentially their survival. Temperatures in the Fraser Valley ci...

CALGARY - The government of Alberta says it will spend $18 million to help municipalities improve the energy efficiency of their public buildings. Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz says the money wi...

OTTAWA - The federal government will introduce legislation this spring to fix the constitutional problems the Supreme Court of Canada has with the Impact Assessment Act, Natural Resources Minister Jon...

EDMONTON - Alberta's fire chiefs are "urgently" asking the provincial government to explain how it's getting ready for the upcoming wildfire season and to release its preparedness strategy. "There is ...

FREDERICTON - Post-tropical storm Fiona has revealed traces of a time before dinosaurs, preserved in the rock and sandstone of Prince Edward Island and exposed in the tempest's wake. In September 2022...

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...