Tag Archives: Environment
Nature groups warn federal funding cuts endangering efforts to protect land, water
OTTAWA - Some of Canada's most prominent conservation groups say Ottawa is putting at risk its goals to protect nearly one-third of Canada's land and waterways, with tens of millions of dollars in fed...
Mar 16, 2026
Quebec's Abitibi region buried by March storm estimated to bring up to 50 cm of snow
MONTREAL - A March storm forecast to bring up to 50 centimetres of snow and freezing rain to Quebec's Abitibi-Tmiscamingue region closed schools and suspended municipal services on Monday. The city of...
Mar 16, 2026
Environment committee engaging in 'junior high behaviour': former climate advisers
OTTAWA - Two former advisers on Ottawa's climate policies say recent antics by parliamentarians at the House of Commons environment committee demonstrate why they resigned from Canada's independent ne...
Mar 13, 2026
B.C. appointed them to map old-growth. Now they say province is failing to save it
Every member of a former panel the British Columbia government appointed to identify old-growth for potential protection in 2021 now says they're concerned about continued logging in those same rare a...
Mar 13, 2026
What will the carbon price cost the oilsands? A Timbit per barrel, one analysis says
The industrial carbon price will cost Alberta's oilsands producers on average the equivalent of about a Timbit per barrel of oil, according to a climate think tank's new analysis intended to serve as ...
Mar 12, 2026
About 8,300 customers still without power in Quebec after ice storm
MONTREAL - Quebec's hydro utility was working to re-establish power for tens of thousands of customers on Thursday after an ice storm descended over the province's south, knocking down branches and tu...
Mar 12, 2026
Carney travelling to Yellowknife, Norway for defence-focused northern trip
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is again heading overseas, this time to Norway to observe NATO Cold Response exercises as Canada deepens ties with Nordic countries. He first stopped in Yellowknife...
Mar 12, 2026
Stanley Park's stagnant Lost Lagoon closer to being reconnected to ocean
VANCOUVER - Lost Lagoon at the entrance to Vancouver's famed Stanley Park has become a swamp of green algae and stagnant water but the city's board of parks is moving forward with a plan to reconnect ...
Mar 11, 2026
Major ice storm in forecast for southern Quebec, heavy snow further north
MONTREAL - A major ice storm is forecast to hit southern Quebec on Wednesday with between 20 and 30 millimetres of freezing rain over 24 hours in areas stretching from the Outaouais region through to ...
Mar 10, 2026
Major ice storm headed to southern Quebec, up to 35 mm of freezing rain over 24 hours
Environment Canada says a "potentially critical" ice storm is heading for southern Quebec starting Wednesday. According to a special weather statement, the region can expect 20 to 30 millimetres of fr...
Mar 09, 2026
