Tag Archives: Environment
Prolonged drought stunts the renowned wild blueberry crop in the Maritimes
HALIFAX - This summer's prolonged drought across Atlantic Canada has had a costly impact on wild blueberry growers in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Donald Arseneault, general manager of the NB Bluebe...
Sep 30, 2025
A glimpse of Trudeau's congratulatory call that might have been to Kamala Harris
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau had clear guidance on what to say early last November in the event he should pick up the phone to congratulate Kamala Harris on becoming the first woman president of the United...
Sep 30, 2025
Legal challenges claim B.C. natural gas pipeline hasn't been 'substantially started'
VANCOUVER - Two legal challenges filed in British Columbia claim a liquefied natural gas pipeline hasn't been "substantially started," contrary to a decision made by the provincial government back in ...
Sep 29, 2025
New Major Projects Office absorbing existing team already doing much of the same work
OTTAWA - The federal government's new Calgary-based major projects office to help fast track major infrastructure proposals will absorb a similar division created in Ottawa just over one year ago to d...
Sep 29, 2025
Groups urge PM Carney to act on climate finance risk, 10 years after key speech
MONTREAL - A decade after Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a famous speech about the financial risks associated with climate change, global organizations called for financial system reforms in an ...
Sep 29, 2025
One of three beached sperm whales in P.E.I. dead; condition of another unknown
One of three beached sperm whales off the coast of northern Prince Edward Island has died, says a marine rescue organization. Tonya Wimmer, executive director of the Marine Animal Response Society, sa...
Sep 29, 2025
Tropical Storm Imelda forms and is expected to become hurricane off the US East Coast in coming days
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Imelda formed Sunday and is expected to become a hurricane off the U.S. East Coast early next week. The storm caused disruptions in the Bahamas and nearby islands earlier S...
Sep 28, 2025
An Alberta farm is home to Beef, the world's tallest steer
VULCAN, ALBERTA, CANADA - It was love at first sight when Jasmine Entz locked eyes with Beef's scrawny, slimy body covered in straw that had emerged from the womb at the first slip of dawn in August 2...
Sep 27, 2025
At AI conference, old-school telcos pitch cutting-edge digital 'sovereignty'
MONTREAL - Canada's traditional telecom companies are jockeying for a piece of the federal government's push for "digital sovereignty" in AI. Among the thousands of business executives and tech specia...
Sep 26, 2025
Stay of ostrich cull in southeast B.C. an ongoing potential health risk, CFIA says
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the "ongoing delay" in carrying out the cull of ostriches at a British Columbia farm presents "potential animal and human health risks." The agency said in a s...
Sep 26, 2025