Tag Archives: Environment
Whale watch firm 'devastated,' says its boat could have hit humpback later found dead
A British Columbia whale watching company says it is "devastated" by the discovery of a dead humpback whale that it believes could have been struck by one of its vessels. Fisheries and Oceans Canada s...
Oct 27, 2025
Canada not on track to meet 2030 climate targets, report finds
MONTREAL - A new analysis says Canada is not on track to meet its 2030 or 2035 emissions targets. The study from the Trottier energy institute at Polytechnique Montral finds that greenhouse gas emissi...
Oct 27, 2025
Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica and threatens to be the island's strongest recorded storm
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Hurricane Melissa intensified into a Category 5 storm Monday as it drew closer to Jamaica, where forecasters expected it to unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and wides...
Oct 27, 2025
'Courageous and strong' B.C. man dies three weeks after fighting off grizzly bear
A British Columbia man who fought off a grizzly bear in the East Kootenay region this month has died of his injuries, more than three weeks after the attack. Joe Pendry's wife, Janice Pendry, says he ...
Oct 27, 2025
Residents say Port of Montreal expansion in Contrecoeur unnecessary, harmful
MONTREAL - Dozens of residents of a town northeast of Montreal where the Port of Montreal wants to expand capacity at a container facility say the project is unnecessary and harmful. Residents demonst...
Oct 26, 2025
Alberta's latest pipeline push dredges up ghosts of projects past
CALGARY - Few are as acquainted with Canada's graveyard of defunct oil pipelines as Alex Pourbaix, a former executive at the company behind the Keystone XL and Energy East proposals. "You can see the ...
Oct 26, 2025
Category 4 Hurricane Melissa threatens catastrophic flooding in Jamaica and Haiti
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Hurricane Melissa was sustaining Category 4 strength late Sunday and may get stronger while threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Hai...
Oct 26, 2025
Passengers on B.C. whale watching boat hurt after 'surprise encounter' with humpback
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia whale watching tour company says passengers were injured after a vessel had to take evasive action to avoid a humpback whale that surfaced unexpectedly in the boat's pat...
Oct 25, 2025
Melissa grows into Category 3 hurricane while unleashing torrential rain in the north Caribbean
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a major Category 3 hurricane late Saturday, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Carib...
Oct 25, 2025
U of T emergency fund offers 'lifeline' to researchers facing U.S. funding cuts
TORONTO - The University of Toronto has created an emergency fund to support its researchers who are facing unexpected losses in funding to due cuts and policy changes at U.S. federal research agencie...
Oct 25, 2025
