Environment

Federal climate plan includes carbon tax increases through 2030

OTTAWA - The federal government has released a $15-billion plan to meet its climate change commitments that includes steady increases to its carbon tax in each of the next 10 years."It can no longer b...

Dec 11, 2020

Goose saved from fishing line, chilly waters of South Saskatchewan River

MEDICINE HAT, AB - The goose got loose but only after a rescue from two members of the public and treatment and care from APARC (Alberta Pound And Rescue Centres) Medicine Hat.Dallas Lansdown and Torr...

Dec 10, 2020

Nature Conservancy of Canada’s 26th annual green gifts program

We all know people who begin shopping for the holidays in summer and who post about their great finds on social media before the snow even flies! In years past, this might have seemed annoyingly effic...

Dec 09, 2020

Bylaw proposed for Clear Creek & North Raven River Buffer District

At Clearwater County's December 8 council meeting, representatives from the Alberta Fish and Game Association (AFGA) discussed their desire for 33 quarter-sections of land 10 kilometres northeast of C...

Dec 08, 2020

Environmental groups keep fighting KXL despite Biden's promise to block pipeline

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Critics of Canada's most controversial cross-border pipeline projects aren't taking their demise for granted under president-elect Joe Biden. A new report from the U.S.-based Rainfo...

Dec 08, 2020

Alberta set to retire coal power by 2023

An environmental think-tank says Alberta will meet its goal to eliminate coal-fired electricity production years earlier than expected thanks to recent conversion announcements by utility companies.Th...

Dec 04, 2020

Judge tosses application to pause Alberta inquiry into funding of oil and gas foes

CALGARY - An environmental law group has lost its bid to pause Alberta's inquiry into where critics of its oil and gas industry get their funding.Ecojustice sought an injunction in the summer to suspe...

Nov 30, 2020

Alberta seeking input on outdoor recreation and trails

Albertans are invited to share ideas about outdoor recreation and trails in the province.The provincial government says input will help shape future policy and legislation for Crown land, including pa...

Nov 27, 2020

Notre Dame concert band class enters CBC contest

The concert band class at cole Secondaire Notre Dame High School has entered the CBC Music Class Challenge. For their entry, the students performed "Hymn to Freedom" by Oscar Peterson, which was one o...

Nov 26, 2020

Alberta chops fee for harvesting Christmas trees from Crown land

EDMONTON - The provincial government has removed the $5 fee for harvesting up to three Christmas trees from Crown land for personal use.The province says the move save Albertans almost $100,000 and ma...

Nov 26, 2020