Murray Wood: Regina residents deserve clear answers from city hall
The City of Regina has fired city manager Niki Anderson. Murray Wood says the public deserves to know the reasons behind...
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Protected areas may not safeguard all that Canadians need them to: research
The natural regions Canada protects don't line up that well with where Canadians actually need them, research suggests. A paper published Tuesday concludes that the country's vast network of parks isn...
Jan 05, 2021
Industry, local mayors say they weren't consulted on B.C. fish farm phase out plan
VANCOUVER - Several Vancouver Island mayors and members of British Columbia's salmon farming industry say a federal decision to phase out fish farming has left them feeling "disposable and discarded."...
Dec 31, 2020
Record-breaking storm blasts Nunavut, 135 km/h winds rip off stairs and crush cabins
IQALUIT - Pangnirtung mayor Eric Lawlor couldn't see out his windows on Sunday. That's when a record-breaking blizzard hit the Baffin Island community of about 1,500, shaking houses and crushing cabin...
Dec 29, 2020
'A better job than we’ve ever done:' Nunavut researchers turn to citizen scientists
IQALUIT - There are more than 60 words to describe sea ice in Inuktitut. For Nunavut's hunters, the words are critical when travelling across a frozen ocean highway by snowmobile or dog team. In Pond ...
Dec 26, 2020
Alberta government says no parks to close after partnerships found
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it won't be closing any provincial parks, whether it can find someone to run them or not. "I am grateful for the hard work of our parks partners and look forward...
Dec 22, 2020
Federal government announces funding to restore Wood Buffalo National Park
OTTAWA - The federal government has more than doubled previous funding commitments for Canada's largest national park to answer environmental concerns from Indigenous groups and a United Nations agenc...
Dec 21, 2020
B.C. lacks plans for rising seas, flooding: coastal adaptation researcher
VANCOUVER - Parts of British Columbia could see massive losses if the province doesn't start planning for flooding as ocean waters rise and storms surge due to climate change, says a researcher at the...
Dec 21, 2020
Traditional knowledge at centre of efforts to protect land from shipwreck's fuel
BLIGH ISLAND - Not far from an oily sheen on the waters of British Columbia's Nootka Sound is a site that the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation considers the centre of the world. Dorothy Hunt, who is p...
Dec 20, 2020
Rules for fuels: Federal government proposes regulations for Clean Fuel Standard
OTTAWA - The federal government has proposed rules for its Clean Fuel Standard that producers and distributors would have to follow under its climate plan. "As the world moves to a cleaner economy, co...
Dec 18, 2020
Feds throw support behind development of mini nuclear reactors; action plan released
TORONTO - Nuclear power is essential to meeting Canada's climate-change goals, and developing portable mini nuclear reactors is a key part of that strategy, the federal energy minister said on Friday....
Dec 18, 2020
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, July 31
Evan chats the latest on the U.S.-Canada tariff deadline, Regina's pool project sees a major cost hike, a new Sask-Wisco...