Tag Archives: Environment
Ottawa, Ontario urge each other to help Marineland's belugas amid euthanasia threat
TORONTO - The federal and Ontario governments are urging each other to help 30 belugas at Marineland, which has threatened to euthanize the whales if the park does not receive emergency funds from Ott...
Oct 07, 2025
Priscilla nears major hurricane status as new tropical storm forms in the Atlantic
MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Priscilla neared Category 3 status on Tuesday in the Pacific as a new tropical storm formed in the Atlantic, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Just off the west coast of ...
Oct 07, 2025
Smith says she's open to adjusting Alberta's industrial carbon price
OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she's open to adjusting aspects of Alberta's industrial carbon pricing program, including the province's industrial carbon price. The province announced la...
Oct 07, 2025
EF5 tornado that killed 3 in North Dakota was the nation's first in 12 years
A deadly tornado that tore across southeastern North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to an EF5 with winds topping 200 mph (322 kph), the strongest classification of tornado and the first confirme...
Oct 06, 2025
Hurricane Priscilla forms in the Pacific Ocean off the southwestern coast of Mexico
MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Priscilla has formed in the Pacific Ocean off the southwestern coast of Mexico, with heavy rain and gusty winds affecting coastal areas. The Miami-based National Hurricane Cente...
Oct 05, 2025
USask researchers receive $1.5 million for rapid response wildfire research
Researchers will have more money to study the effects of wildfire damage on First Nations and Mtis communities.The Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Institute of Indigenous Peoples Health...
Oct 05, 2025
Western Canada Marine Response Corporation exercised off Vancouver Island last month
VICTORIA - Engineer Jashan Bains is the first to spot a black dorsal fin cutting through the water. "Whale, one o'clock," he says. It's a September morning on board the Hecate Sentinel, a 20-metre lon...
Oct 05, 2025
CFIA confirms death of ostrich with 'pre-existing condition' at B.C. farm
EDGEWOOD, B.C. - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says an ostrich that was part of a B.C. flock that was recently issued a last-minute stay of a cull order by the Supreme Court of Canada has died. ...
Oct 04, 2025
Five things on the Artemis II mission to the moon with Canada's Jeremy Hansen
LONGUEUIL - Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen has spent two-and-a-half years preparing for his upcoming trip to the moon and back, and he's loved every minute of it. "I know that after I launch and com...
Oct 04, 2025
Quebec LNG proposal not of 'national interest' at this point, says federal minister
MONTREAL - Federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson says it's too early to say whether a liquefied natural gas facility pitched for Quebec meets the bar of being in the national interest. "My sense is this...
Oct 03, 2025