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Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario unite to urge Michigan not to shut down Line 5
WASHINGTON - Shutting down the Line 5 pipeline would create a "dangerous precedent" that would forever imperil future cross-border infrastructure projects between Canada and the United States, says Al...
Mar 30, 2021
Diversity of background on committee tapping into views on Alberta coal mining
EDMONTON - The Alberta government has tasked a five-member committee with finding out how people feel about open-pit coal mining in the Rocky Mountains and their eastern slopes. Here's a description o...
Mar 29, 2021
Alberta announces five-member coal consultation committee, online survey
EDMONTON - Alberta is asking a five-member committee to assess how people in the province feel about coal mining in the Rocky Mountains.Energy Minister Sonya Savage says the group is to report to her ...
Mar 29, 2021
Observers question new Alberta environment, social, governance job posting
EDMONTON - The posting for a new high-level Alberta government job supposed to help the province align with environmental concerns from financial markets seems more about talk than action, observers s...
Mar 29, 2021
'It's silly:' Director of Bigfoot movie thanks Alberta energy centre for controversy
EDMONTON - The director of a children's movie about Bigfoot wants to thank the Alberta government's energy centre for starting a "ludicrous" fight over the film. Ben Stassen laughed several times as h...
Mar 28, 2021
B.C. mining laws raise questions as province looks to implement UN declaration
VANCOUVER - The relationships between Indigenous nations and British Columbia's mining sector are set to change as the province works to match its laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Right...
Mar 28, 2021
Mapping project illuminates links between poor environment, historical racism
A new tool that measures the environmental quality of any urban street in Canada - and maps it out in colour - illustrates vividly the many neighbourhoods in the country that have poor environment sco...
Mar 27, 2021
B.C. is first in Canada to set emissions targets for industries, communities
VICTORIA - British Columbia is the first province in Canada to set greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for major sectors of the provincial economy, including the oil and gas industry, says the e...
Mar 26, 2021
Mining company Teck Coal fined $60M for contaminating B.C. rivers
FERNIE, B.C. - A Canadian coal-mining company faces the largest fine imposed under the Fisheries Act after pleading guilty to contaminating waterways in southeastern British Columbia. Teck Coal, a sub...
Mar 26, 2021
Air Force assessing pristine Sable Island as fuel station for rescue helicopters
HALIFAX - Another chapter in Sable Island's long history of providing rescue services for struggling seafarers may be about to begin. The Royal Canadian Air Force says it is assessing whether to set u...
Mar 26, 2021
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, March 16
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 ...