Tag Archives: Environment

A team of scientists placed research instruments into the Milne Ice Shelf in Nunavut last July, with plans to return to collect them this summer and study how the stability of the structure had c...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it has received reports from 750 people across the country regarding unrequested packages of seeds. The agency says the seeds are from ...

OTTAWA - Canada's energy regulator has named a new advisory committee that aims to change how it interacts with Indigenous Peoples in Canada. The Indigenous advisory committee, whi...

OTTAWA - A new report says provincial governments are not moving fast enough to protect homes and other buildings from the ravages of flooding. The report from the Intact Centre on Climate A...

MONTREAL - The packages of mysterious seeds that have been making unsolicited appearances in mailboxes across North America are drawing attention to an online review scam known as "brushing"...

VANCOUVER - The deep valleys scarred into the surface of Mars under thick sheets of ice show that the planet once mirrored the Canadian High Arctic, says a new study. Published Monday in the journal N...

EDMONTON - Alberta has come to an agreement with the federal government that makes major cuts to environmental monitoring of the oilsands. The deal, a copy of which has been obtained by The Canadian P...

OTTAWA - The federal environment minister is backtracking on a previous decision to keep Ottawa out of the approval process for a major coal mine expansion in Alberta. The existing Vista mine, which i...

TORONTO - A freight-train derailment in northwestern Ontario that led to a significant oil spill this winter was caused by a phenomenon known as "ice jacking," federal investigators reported on Thursd...

WINNIPEG - A lack of wild bees and managed honey bees is limiting pollination and yields for certain crops on farms in British Columbia and across the United States, a collective of research...