Emergency co-ordinators missing in wildfire-prone communities
In the B.C. Interior, most of the 54 First Nations still don’t have anyone in the emergency co-ordinator position.
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Feds stand up for carbon capture even as Alberta project is cancelled over cost
Canada's energy minister is defending carbon capture and storage technology as both effective and affordable, after an Alberta power company walked away from a planned project and a study found that another project got public subsidies to cover more than three-quarters of its costs.
Rivers recede, another warning that B.C. is about to face serious drought
Parts of British Columbia will likely enter "unfamiliar territory" with drought if they see another hot, dry summer, says the head of the province's River Forecast Centre.
B.C. government networks targeted by 'sophisticated cybersecurity incidents': Eby
A government source later said the incidents were related to a directive to all provincial employees early last week that they should immediately change their passwords.
Is electric avenue paved with green?
Nova Scotia’s electricity grid is far from 100 per cent renewable. Are EVs still a good environmental choice?
Once ignored, award-winning green building champion nails it
No one listened to engineer Anthony Pak when he first tried to explain the importance of embodied carbon to his Canadian colleagues.
Pediatricians believe climate conversations should be part of any doctor’s visit
From low birth weight to wildfire smoke, kids can bear the brunt of climate change.
Calls mount for detailed evacuation plan in case of Trans Mountain oil spill
Health and climate advocates are urging British Columbia to develop a credible evacuation plan in case of an oil spill in Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet as the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project opens for business, triggering dozens more tankers to cross the waters each month.
CBC head Catherine Tait grilled by Tory MPs over executive bonuses
An appearance by the CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. at a parliamentary committee turned personal on Tuesday, even before Catherine Tait faced a barrage of questions from Conservative MPs over executive bonuses.
Vancouver Island community mourns fish lost as B.C. drought again heightens risk
Project 84,000 is intended to depict the number of steelhead and trout that died in a massive fish kill in the drought-stricken Cowichan River on southern Vancouver Island last year.
Orca orphan swimming near other killer whales, but hasn't yet found family
A pod of killer whales has been spotted far offshore from the remote Vancouver Island inlet where an orphaned orca has been spending time since escaping a lagoon last month, but a member of her rescue team is downplaying the prospect of an imminent family reunion.
The problem with ordering people back to the office
When office workers stopped working in offices in 2020, trading their cubicles for living room couches during COVID-19 lockdowns, many began questioning those hours they had spent commuting to work.
Coastal cleanup groups worry federal funding cuts will sink efforts to tackle ocean plastics
Coastal cleanup groups are worried because the federal Ghost Gear Fund — which sunk nearly $60 million into 139 projects to alleviate the problem of ocean plastics — isn’t outlined in the recent federal budget.
Prominent conservationist was ‘true force of nature’
Bruce Falls is remembered by family, friends and the Canadian conservation community as a champion of nature and a leader in conservation and bird studies.
Should the feds be doing more about e-bike fire safety?
As e-bike usage has risen in Canada, so has the number of fires caused by substandard lithium-ion batteries sometimes used to power them.