Environment

Mercury tops out on top of the world: Alert, Nunavut, warmer than Victoria

Weather watchers are focused on the world's most northerly community which has been experiencing some record-breaking heat. Canadian Forces Station Alert recorded a temperature of 20 C on Su...

Jul 15, 2019

UNESCO adds Writing-on-Stone to Alberta’s list of World Heritage Sites

OTTAWA - It's surprising it wasn't added sooner but, an announcement on Saturday (July 6) will bring greater notoriety to another Alberta gem.The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Or...

Jul 07, 2019 Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park - LethbridgeNewsNOW

Police, military co-ordinate to detonate ‘unexploded ordnance’ in Jasper NP

JASPER, Alta. - Police and the military have co-ordinated to blow up a piece of "unexploded ordnance" found by climbers in Jasper National Park.RCMP say climbers found the device on the north side of ...

Jul 07, 2019

Global boom in natural gas is undermining climate change action: report

OTTAWA - The Global Energy Monitor says an international boom in liquefied natural gas exports is undermining global efforts to stop climate change and Canada is one of the industry's biggest pla...

Jul 02, 2019

Bison in Prince Albert National Park declining from overhunting: study

Research into free-roaming plains bison in Saskatchewan's Prince Albert National Park says the herd could go extinct from overhunting in fields outside the protected area. The study, published in...

Jun 30, 2019

Two rehabilitated black bears set free

EDMONTON- Alberta Environment says two rehabilitated black bears have been returned to the wild.The non-profit Cochrane Ecological Institute took in one cub in May 2018 and the other in July when they...

Jun 22, 2019

Deadline for cabinet to decide future of Trans Mountain expansion is today

OTTAWA - The federal government is widely expected to green light the Trans Mountain expansion project a second time today but, even with a Yes vote, construction is likely weeks, if not months a...

Jun 18, 2019

Liberals reject most Tory amendments to environmental assessment bill

OTTAWA - The federal government is rejecting most of the amendments proposed by Conservative senators to Bill C-69. A senior government official speaking on the condition of anonymity because he wasn'...

Jun 12, 2019

Liberals to announce plan to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021

OTTAWA - The federal government will announce a plan Monday to ban harmful single-use plastics such as drinking straws as early as 2021. A government official with knowledge of the plan says no l...

Jun 09, 2019 Plastic straws are among the key items set to be banned.

Senate committee says oil tanker ban off B.C. targets Alberta, divides country

OTTAWA - A Senate committee says the Trudeau government's bill to ban oil tanker traffic off British Columbia's northern coast will divide the country, inflame separatist sentiment...

Jun 05, 2019