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Dozens of Alberta renewables projects cancelled due to projects pause
The clean energy think tank The Pembina Institute says in a report released Friday that 53 wind and solar projects were abandoned after the United Conservative Party government paused approvals for seven months then failed to clarify new rules for those developments.
Backcountry campers not deterred by dramatic wildfire rescue from Jasper
Parks Canada spokeswoman Michelle Macullo said about 245 people were evacuated from the backcountry, some by air and some by boat.
First Nation chief says it's not the first time a slide has blocked Chilcotin River
Officials have said the water collecting behind the slide south of the city of Williams Lake could reach a level where it will start flowing over the debris, or it will erode the material, setting off a release.
Massive B.C. landslide could cause flooding and create problems for struggling salmon
An expert on British Columbia's salmon populations says the massive landslide that blocked off part of Canada's largest sockeye salmon run has created an unprecedented situation potentially putting the already struggling fish at even more risk.
New app is a climate time machine for your city
If global heating doesn't stop, 60 years from now Edmonton will be as hot and dry in the summer as Kansas is now, Regina will feel like a much warmer city in South Dakota, and Toronto will be as hot year-round as present-day northern Arkansas.
A sink-or-swim moment for on-land fish farming
Industry hurdles like secure supply of hatchlings, a future-proof feed supply and regulatory challenges for new entries to the market, have limited the prospect of a thriving land-based farming industry.
Plant-based meat needs government support to scale up, but a culture war stands in the way
Public funding helped electric vehicles go mainstream. Are alternative proteins next — or are they too polarizing?
Liberal MP regrets 'distress' to those who left meeting in tears after topic changed to abortion
The MP had steered the rare summer meeting of the House of Commons status of women committee away from the planned topic of domestic violence, accusing Conservatives of putting together the agenda in haste.
PBO suggests Liberal estimate of largesse from capital gains tax increase was overblown
That's two billion dollars less than the federal government projected in its spring budget.
Judge instructs jury in murder-conspiracy trial of Coutts protesters
Jurors deciding the fate of two men accused of conspiring to murder police at the Coutts, Alta., border crossing were urged by a judge on Wednesday to block out background noise in the high-profile case.
Foreign workers left homeless in Jasper scramble to arrange work, find accommodation
It didn’t take long for Namneet Singh to find full-time employment again, after a fire in Jasper, Alta., last week destroyed the hotel he had worked at for more than a year.
B.C. port union to hold strike vote over automation dispute
A union representing foremen at British Columbia's ports says it is being forced to take an industry-wide strike vote after one employer refused to bargain about automation issues directly and it also wants the courts to weigh in.
The Jasper wildfire is still uncontrolled and hotter weather expected
A fire rampaging through Jasper National Park remained out of control on Wednesday, while officials worked to restore power and water in the park's townsite and to hash out a plan for vacationers to retrieve their stranded camping trailers.
Landslide clogging Chilcotin River could blow within a day, causing flooding as far as the Fraser River
A government statement says the landslide Wednesday blocked the river that feeds into the Fraser River, and a sudden release of water "may cause rapid rises in river levels downstream along the Fraser River" south to Hope, B.C.