Tag Archives: Environment

BANFF, Alta. - A second rare grizzly bear has been spotted in Banff National Park. Earlier this spring, an unusual white grizzly bear was revealed publicly after it was seen by a Banff family alo...

EDMONTON - Alberta is officially turning out the lights on Energy Efficiency Alberta (EEA), an agency created by the former NDP government to promote green initiatives and home rebates.Grant Hunter, a...

HIGH PRAIRIE, AB - Earthquakes Canada is reporting that a magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 31 kilometers southeast of High Prairie at 8:58 p.m. on Monday night.Earthquakes Canada says there are no curr...

EDMONTON - Three northern Alberta First Nations want to appeal the province's decision to suspend environmental monitoring in the oilpatch. The Mikisew Cree First Nation, the Fort McKay First Nat...

An annual celebration to recognize outstanding environmental achievements across the province had three central Alberta agencies vying for some hardware this week.On June 2, the 29th Annual Emerald Aw...

Leader. Environmentalist. Community builder. Volunteer. Red Deer College has announced Dorothy Dickson as the recipient of the Honorary Bachelor of Arts Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies for Convoca...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Canada is home to 308 species of plants and animals that cannot be found anywhere else in the world, around one-sixth of which live in Alberta.These are known as endemic species and b...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - With the spring weather comes the threat of tornadoes in Alberta.Over the last week, the province saw its first two confirmed twisters of the season.One was reported near the hamlet o...

EDMONTON - The Alberta Opposition is calling on the government to hold virtual public hearings on a plan to remove dozens of parks and recreation sites from the provincial system.NDP environment criti...

More than a decade later, a project designed to trap greenhouse gases while also boosting the oil industry in central Alberta is finally open. It was in 2009 when the Alberta Carbon Trunk Line (ACTL) ...