Tag Archives: Environment
Carbon pricing 101: What today's increase could mean for you
OTTAWA - The national price on pollution will rise by $15 per tonne today. Here's some questions answered about what this could mean for you. Who pays the carbon price? Canada has two different carbon...
Apr 01, 2024
Mushroom Coffins: The Earth Will Thank You Later
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Everything about standard burial practices is bad news bears when it comes to the environment. Sinking lacquered coffins and metal caskets into the ground ...
May 31, 2023
The Closest Living Relative Of Extinct ‘Bigfoot’ Found?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! For decades, the legend of Bigfoot has fascinated people around the globe. Is the massive 10-foot-tall ape-like creature with shaggy hair a human relative ...
Apr 06, 2023
'Hundreds' of Canadians stranded for days in Mexico after Sunwing cancellations
Hundreds of Canadians are stranded in Cancn, Mexico and don't know how they'll get home after their Sunwing flights were cancelled last week. Passengers say they've been shuffled from hotel to hotel a...
Dec 26, 2022
Helium recovery plant being built near Brooks, Alberta
Royal Helium has recently awarded a construction contract to Alberta's, ARJAE Design Solutions Ltd. to build a helium recovery plant."It's an exciting opportunity to be participating in the helium mar...
Nov 09, 2022
Whiskey Business: Is Scotch The Future Of Fuel?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! You may not often hear the words drinking and driving paired in a positive light, but that could change soon enough as a Scottish biofuel company makes hea...
Apr 29, 2022
Tips for staying safe during extreme heat
As central Albertans take to the great outdoors to enjoy the scorching hot temperatures over the next few days, City of Red Deer officials are reminding residents to keep safety in mind.Emergency Mana...
Jun 25, 2021
Bear sighting reported in Sylvan Lake
UPDATE (2:14 p.m.)Officials have confirmed the bear sighting in the west side of Sylvan Lake.Fish and Game Wardens are now on-site. Residents are asked to stay safe, keep an eye out and do not approac...
Jun 24, 2021
Alberta moving forward on two new plans to maintain river water quality
Alberta is proposing two new plans to monitor water quality on the North Saskatchewan, Battle and Upper Athabasca rivers.Environment Minister Jason Nixon says clear objectives to monitor and maintain ...
Jun 22, 2021
Appeal hearing wraps up for Blackfalds' Lacombe Lake stormwater plan
A three-day Environmental Appeals Board hearing has wrapped up regarding the Town of Blackfalds' plan to drain treated storm water into Lacombe Lake.Held virtually on June 14, 17, and 21, the hearing ...
Jun 22, 2021