Tag Archives: Environment
More residents put on alert as northern Alberta wildfires burn on
GRANDE PRAIRIE - Another 12,000 residents in Mackenzie County have been placed on evacuation alert due to wildfires in the province's North Peace region.In a news release put out Saturday night, the p...
Jun 02, 2019 (Photo: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry)
Kenney says carbon taxes won't help stop forest fire threat
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says forest fires have always been around and carbon taxes won't do anything to change that. Kenney says a number of factors, including climate change,...
May 31, 2019
Local fire ban updates
Due to the wet weather, fire bans have been lifted in the city of Red Deer, Red Deer County, and Sylvan Lake.Residents in the city are reminded to continue using fire pits safely, and that the burning...
May 31, 2019
Dry temperatures and winds straining local fire crews
With wildfires raging in the north, the Town of Rocky Mountain House and areas to the west were put under a fire restriction on Thursday."The restriction went on yesterday through the ministerial orde...
May 31, 2019
Red Deer issues city-wide fire ban
Effective immediately, The City of Red Deer has issued a full city-wide fire ban in light of dry conditions and poor air quality. Officials say the ban is being put in place in a bid to reduce health ...
May 30, 2019
Provincial officials update wildfire situation
Agriculture and Forestry Minister Devin Dreeshen, Municipal Affairs Minister Kaycee Madu and officials provide an update Thursday afternoon on the Alberta wildfire situation.About 10,000 Albertans hav...
May 30, 2019
Alberta passes law to kill provincial carbon tax, federal tax looms
EDMONTON - Alberta's consumer carbon tax is dead, setting the stage for a showdown with Ottawa over the imposition of a new one.The province cancelled its tax on gasoline at the pumps and on home heat...
May 30, 2019
Northern Alberta wildfires force more evacuations
HIGH LEVEL- Hot, dry conditions and gusty winds are leading to what fire watchers call a red-flag warning across northern Alberta's forest as more people were forced from their homes.Mandatory evacuat...
May 30, 2019
Lacombe ending curbside recycling
The City of Lacombe is trashing its curbside recycling program. Council voted on Monday to allow the City's current five-year recycling collection contract with Environmental 360 Solutions (ES360, for...
May 28, 2019
Green Party calls for Canada to stop using foreign oil
Green party Leader Elizabeth May says saving the world from climate change requires Canada to get off oil before the middle of the century.In the meantime, she wants Canada off foreign oil as soon as ...
May 27, 2019