Environment

Plan ahead, leave early if you hope to enjoy day use areas

Patience is the key for anyone looking to enjoy the outdoors at Alberta Parks amenities this long weekend. Day use capacity limits are in place including at Aspen Beach, Pigeon Lake and Crimson Lake. ...

Jul 31, 2020

Expansion of Alberta coal mine will need federal review: environment minister

OTTAWA - The federal environment minister is backtracking on a previous decision to keep Ottawa out of the approval process for a major coal mine expansion in Alberta. The existing Vista mine, which i...

Jul 30, 2020

Total writes off $9.3B in Alberta oilsands assets, cancels CAPP membership

French energy giant Total says it is writing off $9.3-billion (US$7 billion) worth of oilsands assets in Alberta and cancelling its membership in the Calgary-based Canadian Association of Petroleum Pr...

Jul 30, 2020

Parks across Alberta seeing damage from overuse, Nixon says

Parks across the province are facing the same overcrowding and environmental damage as seen in a west-central Alberta wilderness area, says Environment Minister Jason Nixon."The situation taking place...

Jul 30, 2020

Province updates emissions regulation

The provincial goernment says an expansion of eligibility in the Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) regulation will result in fewer Alberta industries will pay the federal carbon tax...

Jul 29, 2020

Report states Bighorn Backcountry overused, abused

EDMONTON - A vast section of Alberta backcountry once considered for a park is being overused by tens of thousands of campers who cut trees, strew garbage and trespass, says a provincial advisory comm...

Jul 28, 2020

Lake Louise ski resort loses appeal of $2M fine for cutting endangered trees

CALGARY - An Alberta judge has upheld a $2.1 million fine against a world-renowned ski resort for cutting down endangered trees nearly seven years ago.Lake Louise Ski Resort pleaded guilty in 2017 to ...

Jul 23, 2020

Documents reveal doubts on Alberta plans to close, deregulate parks

EDMONTON - Top advisers to Alberta's environment minister were cautious about the government's plans to shrink the province's parks system and made recommendations he didn't follow.An access-to-inform...

Jul 23, 2020

Provincial funding for 20 projects to reduce natural gas emissions

The province is investing in 20 new projects it says will create more than 750 jobs in Alberta while also reducing emissions in the natural gas sector.The Natural Gas Challenge launched in October by ...

Jul 22, 2020

Nature Conservancy of Canada working to Keep the Beaver Hills Wild

Nature Conservancy of Canada working to Keep the Beaver Hills WildEDMONTON - The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) says it is showing major progress in its campaign to expand and connect the Beaver H...

Jul 15, 2020