Evan Bray: Rain, rain don't go away - but come again another day
Evan Bray says his grandfather was a farmer who always told him to never complain about the rain. However, the much-need...
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Federal natural-disaster bills now average more than $430 million a year
Ottawa's bills for dealing with natural disasters neared half a billion dollars in two of the last three years amid a warning to Canadians that this country was one of the worst affected by climate ch...
Jan 06, 2020
New industry develops around sucking carbon dioxide out of atmosphere
Somewhere in west Texas, amid one of the most productive oilfields in the continent, a Canadian company is building a plant that it hopes will eventually suck from the air a million tonnes of carbon b...
Dec 29, 2019
Sask. environment minister 'jovial' after meeting with federal minister
Seeming in fairly high spirits Thursday afternoon, Saskatchewan's environment minister spoke to the media after his meeting with his federal counterpart. Dustin Duncan said he's now looking forward to...
Dec 19, 2019 Dustin Duncan, minister responsible for SaskPower, speaks with the media on Dec. 2, 2019. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Feds approve Alberta’s carbon tax on big industrial emitters
OTTAWA - The federal government is giving the Alberta government a passing grade for its industrial carbon tax, avoiding at least one showdown with the province over climate change. In late October, A...
Dec 06, 2019
Environment champions want voters to make climate their main priority this fall
OTTAWA - Two leading Canadian activists say voters need to think about climate change as if we are country at war against greenhouse-gas emissions. "There's never been a moment quite like this in huma...
Sep 03, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Environment groups warned saying climate change is real could be seen as partisan
OTTAWA - A pre-election chill has descended over some environment charities after Elections Canada warned them that discussing the dangers of climate change during the upcoming federal campaign could ...
Aug 19, 2019
Brace for 'ice-cream' weather, climatologist tells Regina
Regina won't see a heat warning from Environment Canada on Tuesday, but the daytime high of 31 C will still get people sweating. "It's going to be an ice-cream kind of day," said senior climatologist ...
Jul 23, 2019
Provinces, feds bringing in first step of ‘action plan’ for plastics recycling
HALIFAX - The federal government and the provinces and territories say they have pieced together an action plan to gradually harmonize the recycling and reduction of plastic waste, with details yet to...
Jun 27, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Canada, California plan to work together to make cleaner cars, cut emissions
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna signed a vehicle-emissions agreement with California Wednesday that the state's governor and auto industry experts see as a signal that Canada is going ...
Jun 26, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
B.C. tanker-ban, environment assessment bills scale final hurdle in Senate
OTTAWA - A pair of controversial environmental bills scaled their final hurdle in the Senate on Thursday, over the objections of critics who warn the two pieces of legislation will kneecap Canada's oi...
Jun 20, 2019
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Sarah Mills: How do you police a social media ban?
Sarah Mills says the majority of those surveyed in Saskatchewan want a social media ban for those under 16, but as Austr...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, September 8
On Tuesday's show, Evan talks to Erin O'Toole about the tariff situation. Stephanie Pocha of Discover Saskatoon talks ab...