Tag Archives: Environment
Tropical Storm Melissa forms in the Caribbean on a path toward Haiti
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Melissa formed in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday as forecasters warned that heavy rain, flooding and strong winds could hit Haiti and Jamaica later this week. The U.S. Nation...
Oct 21, 2025
How common is severe climate change anxiety in Canada? Study offers a glimpse
David Toro was taken aback by the turnout at a climate change anxiety peer-support group. After all, his feelings of dread and powerlessness when he thought about climate change could be isolating. Th...
Oct 21, 2025
Canada's scientific study of oceans may be vulnerable to foreign adversaries: report
OTTAWA - Canadian ocean research is among the scientific fields that could be vulnerable to foreign espionage, theft or misuse because people overlook its value to adversaries, says a report commissio...
Oct 21, 2025
Poilievre calls on Carney to keep federal deficit under $42B in coming budget
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is demanding that Prime Minister Mark Carney cut taxes and keep the federal deficit under $42 billion in the coming budget. It seems clear the latter will...
Oct 20, 2025
One dog fatally shot, another injured in Vancouver Island community of Sooke: police
SOOKE - Police on Vancouver Island say they're investigating the shooting of two dogs over the weekend. RCMP in Sooke, west of Victoria, say one of the dogs died and the other was taken to a local vet...
Oct 20, 2025
Ontario Indigenous advocate says Anglo American turned 'blind eye' to De Beers issues
An Indigenous advocate in northern Ontario says his community's past experience with Anglo American PLC's diamond-mining subsidiary De Beers does not inspire confidence that a proposed merger between ...
Oct 20, 2025
Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada says Hullo Ferries vessel struck humpback
VICTORIA - The company operating a high-speed, passenger-only ferry service between Vancouver and Nanaimo is fully cooperating after one of its vessels struck a humpback whale near Vancouver in Englis...
Oct 18, 2025
Montreal emissions-tracking satellite company says climate fight hasn't slowed
MONTREAL - The CEO of a Montreal-based company that uses satellites to monitor methane emissions says interest in his technology continues to reach new heights, even as governments appear to be waveri...
Oct 18, 2025
No decision on B.C. ostrich case until at least Oct. 30, as cull opponent is arrested
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The Supreme Court of Canada likely won't decide until at least Oct. 30 whether to hear a last-ditch appeal against a planned cull of ostriches at a British Columbi...
Oct 17, 2025
No decision on B.C. ostrich case until at least Oct. 30, as cull opponent is arrested
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The Supreme Court of Canada likely won't decide until at least Oct. 30 whether to hear a last-ditch appeal against a planned cull of ostriches at a British Columbi...
Oct 17, 2025
