Tag Archives: Environment
Alberta tables climate plan for industry; retains key parts of old legislation
EDMONTON - Alberta has introduced a new climate plan for the province's big greenhouse gas emitters that it says will achieve similar emissions cuts as the former NDP government's plan and at less cos...
Oct 29, 2019 (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
Liberals: TMX pipeline could fund $500 million a year in clean energy projects
OTTAWA - The Liberal government expects to get $500 million a year out of the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline and is promising to spend it all on cleaner sources of energy and projects that...
Oct 24, 2019
Oilsands carbon liability at centre of closely watched New York fraud lawsuit
Alberta's oilsands are at the centre of a closely watched court battle in New York today. The state's attorney general is accusing Exxon Mobil of misrepresenting the risks the operations face as gover...
Oct 23, 2019
City of Kamloops urges citizens to reduce the waste they generate
KAMLOOPS - This week, the City of Kamloops is celebrating Waste Reduction Week. It's a Canada-wide event that is meant to encourage everyday people to reduce the amount of waste they create daily.Each...
Oct 21, 2019 Imahe Credit: CFJC Today/City of Kamloops
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg in Edmonton Friday for climate strike
EDMONTON - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is planning to be at the Alberta legislature Friday for a climate strike. Climate Justice Edmonton says the 16-year-old Stockholm student will join acti...
Oct 16, 2019
Kamloops elementary school kids celebrate our city's rivers
KAMLOOPS - Students from Bert Edwards Science and Technology School took part in an annual tradition on Friday. Every year, the school gathers on the banks of the North Thompson to celebrate the river...
Oct 11, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Climate change threatens extinction for most birds, especially in Canada: report
Climate change threatens extinction for two-thirds of bird species across North America, including almost all of those filling the forests and tundra of northern Canada, says an extensive report....
Oct 10, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)
Quiet wildfire season provided opportunity for out-of-province deployments
KAMLOOPS - The wildfire season has come to a close and unlike the past two years, this year did not burn its way into the history books. Within the Kamloops Fire Centre there were 199 fires, burning j...
Oct 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
All local candidates to participate in environment-focused debate Thursday
KAMLOOPS - All of the local candidates in the federal election are confirmed in Thursday evening's debate centered around the environment. Cheryl Kabloona, chair of the Kamloops Chapter of the B.C. Su...
Oct 03, 2019 All seven local candidates participated in a debate at South Kamloops Secondary on Oct. 2 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Winter tires now required on BC Highways
KAMLOOPS - October 1st is the first day drivers on many highways across British Columbia are required to have winter tires on their vehicle. While there are many options when it comes to winter tires,...
Oct 01, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
