Environment

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

Feds urged to do own review of proposed Alberta coal mine expansion

OTTAWA - A lawyer at the centre of a lobbying effort to stop a coal mine from expanding in Alberta says the federal government's refusal to do its own environmental review of the project is ...

Jul 15, 2020

Company continues to pitch thermal energy technology

An Alberta company continues making its pitch to the Town of Rocky Mountain House for its technology that uses the earth's heat to generate electricity. The Eavor-Loop technology harnesses the planet'...

Jul 10, 2020

'Stunning:' Scientists surprised at Fort McMurray fire's long impact on rivers

EDMONTON - Four years after its flames guttered out, the record-breaking Fort McMurray wildfire continues to astound - this time with its lasting impact on an extensive river system. "It's actual...

Jul 10, 2020

Alberta won't require full environmental assessments for sandpits

EDMONTON - Alberta is moving to change the legal definition of minerals to spare excavators from having to conduct environmental assessments for large sandpits.A court ruling earlier this spring would...

Jul 07, 2020

Alberta announces sandhill crane hunt for this fall

EDMONTON - Alberta has announced there will be a sandhill crane hunting season this fall a hunt that's been opposed by an environmental group and was previously rejected by the provincial government t...

Jul 06, 2020

Reported cougar sightings in east Red Deer prompt safety warnings

RCMP say two reports of cougar sightings in Red Deer are unfounded.The reports came in late last week from residents in Deer Park and Vanier, but police say they could not be substantiated. Alberta Fi...

Jul 06, 2020