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Alarm system being considered after gush of water from dam kills angler in B.C.
VANCOUVER - A dam operator investigating an unexpected surge of water that rolled down a North Vancouver river and killed an angler says it's exploring the possibility of an alarm system at the site. ...
Oct 05, 2020
No alarm before deadly volume of water gushed from dam, killing man in B.C.: CEO
VANCOUVER - The CEO of a dam operator says there were no alarms to warn a group of people fishing on the banks of the Capilano River in North Vancouver that a deadly torrent of water was heading their...
Oct 02, 2020
RBC announces new restrictions on financing coal, oil developments
Canada's largest bank is putting new restrictions on lending to some fossil fuel developments. In a policy released Friday, RBC says it won't lend money to new coal-fired power generators, thermal coa...
Oct 02, 2020
Hearing over controversial Coastal GasLink pipeline resumes at B.C. Supreme Court
VANCOUVER - Arguments over the extension of the environmental assessment certificate for a natural gas pipeline in B.C. resumed in court on Friday with lawyers for Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs telli...
Oct 02, 2020
B.C. Supreme Court hears petition for judicial review of Coastal GasLink certificate
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for the Office of the Wet'suwet'en were in British Columbia Supreme Court Thursday seeking an order quashing the extension of the environmental assessment certificate for a pipelin...
Oct 01, 2020
Lawyer representing youths says court has role in climate change lawsuit
VANCOUVER - A lawyer representing 15 youths who accuse the federal government for breaching their constitutional rights by failing to properly address climate change says the courts have a definite ro...
Oct 01, 2020
Infrastructure bank to invest $10 billion in priority areas for pandemic recovery
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is promising to finally spend $10 billion that has sat in the accounts of its infrastructure financing agency for years, hoping to create thousands of post-pandemic job...
Sep 30, 2020
Another First Nation in Nova Scotia set to start self-regulated lobster fishery
HALIFAX - A First Nation in southern Cape Breton is set to become the second Indigenous band in Nova Scotia to launch a self-regulated commercial lobster fishery that will operate outside the regular ...
Sep 30, 2020
Court should intervene to remedy Canada's alleged failure on climate change: lawyer
VANCOUVER - The courts have a definite role in helping to determine if Canada has breached the constitutional rights of 15 youths who are suing the government for its alleged failures on climate chang...
Sep 30, 2020
CPP breaking its rules with third-party donations in U. S: environment group
TORONTO - The Canada Pension Plan is overlooking its own rules that say its money cannot be used for political ends, says an environmental group. John Bennett of Friends of the Earth says Crestone Pea...
Sep 28, 2020
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