Tag Archives: Environment

OTTAWA - A Quebec-based forestry innovation organization says it has figured out how to make a single-use face mask filter out of fully-biodegradable wood products. Stphane Renou, the president of FPI...

WASHINGTON, Wash. - Canada is sending nearly 300 firefighters and technical specialists to help beat back the flames ravaging Oregon, one of three states where wildfires are razing buildings, claiming...

OTTAWA - A new report from an independent task force says Canada's economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic needs massive investments in clean energy, climate-resilient buildings and electric cars...

Wildlife experts say the death of a mother grizzly bear and her two cubs - including a rare, blond-headed grizzly - in Banff National Park is a major loss to the population. Parks Canada has...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada's democratic institutions - including Parliament and Elections Canada - need to be fully functional even in the midst of a deadly pandemic. But he in...

VANCOUVER - Air quality in the Vancouver area has improved slightly but an advisory on smoke that drifted north from wildfires in the United States was still in effect on Tuesday. The advisory wa...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump is a "climate arsonist" bent on watching the country burn, his Democratic challenger said Monday as climate change and presidential politics collided on the campaign trail. J...

Vancouver's air quality is among the worst in the world, Environment Canada said Monday, as wildfire smoke continued to waft across the border from the United States, even reaching parts of Alber...

MONTREAL - When Michelle McSweeney saw a groundhog crawl into an above-ground tomb at Montreal's Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery, it was hard not to be freaked out. "I heard it rattling aroun...

VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued a special air quality statement for Metro Vancouver, showing a very high risk to health due to wildfire smoke from Washington and Oregon. The a...