Tag Archives: Environment
Nisga'a Nation can help convince other nations for LNG export site off coast: Eby
British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government is "counting" on the Nisga'a First Nation to help "increase the level of support" among other nations that opposed a massive liquefied natural ga...
Sep 16, 2025
B.C., federal governments support huge LNG facility, opposed by some First Nations
VICTORIA - The British Columbia and federal governments have announced their support for a massive LNG export facility floating in waters off the province's northwest, despite opposition from some Fir...
Sep 15, 2025
A timeline of B.C. ostrich farm's battle to prevent cull of 400 birds
Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., has spent months fighting a cull order from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency that would result in the deaths of nearly 400 birds. Here are some of the key...
Sep 15, 2025
'Very low odds': Top court expert says B.C. ostrich case will struggle to get hearing
An expert on the Supreme Court of Canada says a British Columbia ostrich farm faces "very low odds" for getting a last-ditch hearing to stop the cull of about 400 birds. Emmett Macfarlane, a political...
Sep 15, 2025
B.C. farm says it will ask Supreme Court of Canada to stop the cull of 400 ostriches
VICTORIA - A spokesperson for Universal Ostrich Farms says the farm will ask the Supreme Court of Canada to stop the culling of 400 ostriches hit by avian flu, but it is not clear yet whether Canada's...
Sep 13, 2025
'There's something strange in the pumpkin fields.' Drought & heat frightening farmers
FREDERICTON - The pumpkin patches on a number of Canadian farms are starting to look a bit frightening across the country, but not in a way that makes them ready for Halloween. "It's sure been a spook...
Sep 13, 2025
Judge says ostrich cull must be allowed to proceed, rejects B.C. farm's bid for stay
OTTAWA - A Federal Court of Appeal judge says the cull of about 400 ostriches at a British Columbia farm hit by avian flu must be allowed to proceed, in a ruling that dismisses the farm's bid for a st...
Sep 12, 2025
Former environment minister details abuse she endured in politics in new memoir
OTTAWA - Former environment minister Catherine McKenna says federal security agencies initially refused to offer her protection - and wouldn't even show her the risk assessment they'd completed - as s...
Sep 12, 2025
Former climate minister McKenna describes struggles over carbon pricing in new book
OTTAWA - Former federal environment minister Catherine McKenna says the Justin Trudeau government's efforts to explain the consumer carbon price to Canadians were "half-hearted" - and just getting a m...
Sep 12, 2025
Ottawa discussing future of emissions cap with Alberta, oil companies: minister
OTTAWA - The federal government is in discussions with Alberta and the oil industry about the future of the sector's emissions cap, Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said Friday. At a news conference in Win...
Sep 12, 2025