Tag Archives: Environment

OTTAWA - The number of Canadians reporting having been directly affected by extreme weather events has increased since a year ago, a new poll suggests. An online poll by Leger of 1,512 Canadians from ...

MONTRAL - A Quebec zoo says a red kangaroo is doing well after it was captured after several days on the lam on Montreal's South Shore. The Granby Zoo says the animal is eating normally and resting up...

ST. JOHN'S - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a submersible that imploded on its way to the Titanic wreck was operating in Canada without any oversight, and it is asking federal authorit...

BOUCHERVILLE - For the last few days, a small marsupial has been on the loose on Montreal's South Shore, after it likely escaped from illegal captivity, say animal rights advocates and Quebec's Enviro...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The United States and Iran reached an initial agreement Monday that would extend their shaky ceasefire and lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, but signifi...

OLIVER - A young bear in British Columbia's Okanagan had to endure several days with a stove pipe stuck over its head before conservation officers were able to remove it. The Conservation Officer Serv...

VICTORIA - The B.C. Supreme Court has found that the City of Victoria did not go beyond its authority by passing bylaws restricting overnight camping in some city parks. Three homeless petitioners sou...

EDMONTON - Country musician Corb Lund has delivered his anti-coal petition and says thousands of canvassers delivered more than enough to get it approved. On a rainy Wednesday afternoon, cheered on by...

KELOWNA - British Columbia's animal welfare society says a woman has been banned from owning or living with pets for five years and given 12 months' probation after pleading guilty to attempting to eu...

OTTAWA - The co-founder of Ottawa's independent net-zero advisory body says she has been "disappointed" by Prime Minister Mark Carney's commitment to climate action to date. Catherine Abreu was speaki...