Evan Bray: Canadians deserve more than vague explanations over poor trade results
Canadians elected Prime Minister Mark Carney to office to handle trade tensions between Canada and the U.S. Evan Bray sa...
Tag Archives: Environment
Doctors, lawyers want B.C. to track injuries after record heat wave
VANCOUVER - Two groups focused on environmental issues are calling on the British Columbia government to come up with a plan to track "heat dome injuries" following record-setting temperatures that ar...
Jul 30, 2021
N.S. politicians critiqued for vague response to threat of rising seas
HALIFAX - As Nova Scotia's provincial election campaign has unfolded amid deadly heat waves in Western Canada and catastrophic flooding in Europe, the topic of preparing the province for its own poten...
Jul 29, 2021
Billions in losses, thousands could die if wildfire response unchanged: report
Western Canada must urgently address the threats posed by highly destructive wildfires or face deadly and costly consequences, says a group of forest and environmental experts from British Columbia an...
Jul 29, 2021
Taliban say flooding kills 150 in northeastern Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Flash flooding killed 150 people in a remote area in Afghanistan's mountainous northeastern Nuristan province controlled by the Taliban, a spokesman for the insurgents said T...
Jul 29, 2021
Farmers say heat wave, drought show vulnerable agricultural sector needs support
When an unprecedented heat wave "cooked" the cherries growing at his family's farm in Oliver, B.C., Pravin Dhaliwal tried to see past the financial loss to the passion that spurred him to follow in th...
Jul 28, 2021
Montreal-area city running out of options to control population of white-tailed deer
MONTREAL - An animal-rescue group is trying to save a population of white-tailed deer that has outgrown a Montreal-area park, but even the head of an veterinary ethics committee says doing anything ot...
Jul 27, 2021
Fires in Western Canada creating own weather systems, experts say
VANCOUVER - A combination of intense heat and drought conditions is causing wildfires in Western Canada to generate their own weather systems, experts say. Michael Fromm, a meteorologist with the Unit...
Jul 26, 2021
Doctors, air pollution experts forecast worsening health effects of wildfire smoke
VANCOUVER - Health experts warn that a shift in mindset and new solutions are needed as exposure to smoke from bigger wildfires becomes a regular occurrence. While the longer-term health effects of ex...
Jul 26, 2021
Two Alberta First Nations want court to allow appeal of decision on coal mine
A second Alberta First Nation wants a court to allow it to appeal a review board's decision that an open-pit coal mine in the Rocky Mountains is not in the public interest. The Stoney Nakoda Nation ha...
Jul 22, 2021
B.C. says expanding emergency alert for wildfires is a priority, but no timeline set
British Columbia's emergency co-ordination agency is working to expand its use of a public alert system for large-scale and potentially fatal disasters, as hundreds more residents have been forced fro...
Jul 22, 2021
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Who would want to head up Canada Post?
Sarah Mills says the federal government is on the search for a new CEO to head up the mail service to bring success to a...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, September 9
On Wednesday's show, Evan gets an update on the harvest in Saskatchewan. Plus, a discussion about whether Canada should ...