Environment

Fossil fuels to decline but remain big player in Canada's energy use by 2050: report

OTTAWA - The Canada Energy Regulator says reaching net-zero emissions over the next 30 years will to require a much more aggressive transition away from oil and gas.The annual Energy Futures report re...

Nov 24, 2020

Alberta Parks warns of avalanche risk in Cypress Hills

Alberta Parks is warning of the potential for avalanches in the Cypress Hills."A large snowfall combined with strong winds has increased the risk of avalanches near roads, steep side hills in creeks, ...

Nov 14, 2020

2020 a ‘relatively quiet’ year for wildfires in Alberta

Provincial officials say Alberta's 2020 wildfire season that officially ended on Oct. 31 was "a relatively quiet season thanks to the diligence of Albertans, effective department preparations, and sub...

Nov 05, 2020

Ottawa finalizes methane reduction deals with Alberta, Saskatchewan and B.C.

OTTAWA - The federal government says it is finalizing deals with three provinces on reducing emissions of a potent greenhouse gas. Federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says proposals by Sas...

Nov 05, 2020

Hundreds of coal mining jobs to end as power company switches to natural gas

CALGARY - Alberta power producer TransAlta Corp. says it will end operations at its Highvale thermal coal mine west of Edmonton by the end of 2021 as it switches to natural gas at all of its operated ...

Nov 04, 2020

Study shares how to advance local trails tourism

The Central Alberta Tourism Alliance (CATA) has released a study on how trails-based infrastructure can be grown to support related tourism businesses and boost the region's economy.The study, entitle...

Nov 03, 2020

Alberta politicians use duelling tunes to make parks arguments

EDMONTON - Alberta politicians are reaching deep into pop music's memory bank hoping that their messages about the province's parks stick in people's ears.The United Conservative government released a...

Nov 02, 2020

Feds announce $100 million for 'green' jobs in Alberta that fight climate change

OTTAWA, ONT. -- The Canadian government is providing a bundle of money to Alberta, during what it calls the "economically challenging time caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic." However, the money i...

Nov 02, 2020

Fire permit season ends in Lacombe County

Lacombe County Fire Service reminds residents that although fire permits are not required from November 1 to February 28, there are still expectations for controlled burns outside the fire season boun...

Nov 02, 2020

Parks Canada plans first captive breeding program for Jasper National Park caribou

EDMONTON - Caribou herds in Canada's Rocky Mountains are now so precarious that Parks Canada is preparing a plan to round up females from nearly vanished herds and pen them in a captive breeding progr...

Nov 02, 2020