Tag Archives: Environment
Chase Secondary students contribute Secwepemc language and culture to province's first Story Trail
CHASE, B.C. - When the former Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park returned to its traditional Secwepemc name, Tstswecw, the BC Parks Foundation wanted to bring language into the park. The foundation e...
Jun 07, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Adam Donnelly
B.C. Wildfire crews hope for better weather as fire near Savona grows to 100 ha
SAVONA, B.C. - Air tankers could be seen dropping fire retardant as the BC Wildfire Service attempted to contain the fast-moving Sabiston Creek fire west of Savona Wednesday evening (June 5)."The fire...
Jun 05, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
Senate committee says oil tanker ban off B.C. targets Alberta, divides country
OTTAWA - A Senate committee says the Trudeau government's bill to ban oil tanker traffic off British Columbia's northern coast will divide the country, inflame separatist sentiment...
Jun 05, 2019
Air Tankers: BC's first line of defense against wildfires
KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service has plenty of tools to use in its wildfire fighting efforts; maybe the most effective tool is air superiority. Each year, the Wildfire Service employs dozens of airc...
Jun 04, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Alberta makes it official: Bill passed and proclaimed to kill carbon tax
EDMONTON - Alberta's consumer carbon tax is now officially gone. Members of the legislature voted last night to pass the bill that repeals the tax, and it was signed into law by Lt.-Gov. Lois Mit...
Jun 04, 2019
Northern Alberta residents start returning home after two-week evacuation due to fire
Some residents in northern Alberta have started to return home after being forced by wildfires to leave their communities two weeks ago. An evacuation order was lifted this morning for resid...
Jun 03, 2019
Hat Creek Ranch operators concerned about renewal red tape
CACHE CREEK, BC - Hat Creek Ranch is a Provincial Heritage site, much like Barkerville and the Yale Historic Site. The Friends of Historic Hat Creek have been overseeing the property for the past 15 y...
May 31, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Kenney says carbon taxes won't help stop forest fire threat
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says forest fires have always been around and carbon taxes won't do anything to change that. Kenney says a number of factors, including climate change,...
May 31, 2019
Alberta passes law to kill provincial carbon tax, federal tax looms
EDMONTON - Alberta's consumer carbon tax is dead, setting the stage for a showdown with Ottawa over the imposition of a new one.The province cancelled its tax on gasoline at the pumps and on home heat...
May 30, 2019
GINTA: Sometimes we need a break from it all
NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I SEE IT, I never get tired of it: the emerald sheen of the surrounding hills this time of the year, the play of cloud shadows and sunshine that makes the grasslands look as i...
May 27, 2019 Image Credit: Daniela Ginta
