Murray Wood: Trump attacked Iran with no plan
It's been two weeks of mixed messaging from Donald Trump on the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran. Murray Wood wants to kno...
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Alberta must retract Forest Act before it becomes law: Treaty 8 grand chief
EDMONTON - The Alberta government must pull back its new Forest Act before it becomes law next month, says the grand chief of the province's northern First Nations. "We expect the province to suspend ...
Apr 09, 2021
Bloc asks Ottawa to support logging, fledgling biofuels sector
OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet is calling on the federal government to recharge Quebec's forestry sector with an eye to its energy potential. The Bloc is laying out a slate of prop...
Apr 08, 2021
Liberals hope for 'tame' convention, in contrast to rival parties' controversies
OTTAWA - Thousands of federal Liberals gathered online Thursday night for the start of a three-day national convention that promises to be downright dull compared to similar events held by the Conserv...
Apr 08, 2021
Private member's bill would protect mountains from coal mines: Alberta NDP Opposition
EDMONTON - The Alberta Opposition is proposing legislation that it says would protect the province's Rocky Mountains from new open-pit coal mines. "What it's about is giving voice to the hundreds of t...
Apr 07, 2021
Climate change group pushes NDP, Green leaders to form election climate alliance
OTTAWA - An advocacy group alarmed by the pace of global warming is urging federal NDP and Green Party of Canada leaders to partner in the next general election in hopes of sending more climate-minded...
Apr 07, 2021
Old-growth advocates say they are digging in after B.C. court grants injunction
Advocates for old-growth forests say they are digging in as they try to protect parts of a valley on southwest Vancouver Island from logging. A dozen or more people who belong to the Rainforest Flying...
Apr 06, 2021
4th request to federal government to join coal mine environmental review in Alberta
A fourth request has been made to the federal government to get involved in the environmental review of a coal mine proposed for Alberta's Rocky Mountains. Landowners, Indigenous people and environmen...
Apr 06, 2021
Guardians of Edehzhie: Protecting the land during the pandemic
There was a time last year when the guardians of Edehzhie would head out on the land in the Northwest Territories and worry what their communities might look like when they returned. That was when COV...
Apr 04, 2021
Canada-U.S. dispute emerges over right whale killed by entanglement with fishing gear
HALIFAX - Canadian officials are challenging American allegations that fishing gear from Canada is to blame for the entanglement of a North Atlantic right whale found dead off South Carolina. Fisherie...
Apr 01, 2021
Survey suggests grizzly numbers have doubled in parts of Alberta Rockies since 2005
A new survey suggests grizzly bear numbers in Alberta's central Rocky Mountains have doubled since 2005. The survey says there are about 88 grizzlies in 7,300 square kilometres of summits and foothill...
Mar 31, 2021
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8:30 - There's a lot going on in the world and in Canada. We're keeping a close eye on the Liberal government following ...