Bob Weber
Reporter with The Canadian Press
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Ottawa, N.W.T. talk to U.S. charity about funding for Indigenous park guardians
Ottawa and Northwest Territories are in discussions with a large American charity about permanent funding for a program that puts First Nations people in charge of looking after parks and other conservation areas on their traditional lands.
Canadian study finds link between air pollution and COVID severity
An extensive study of thousands of COVID-19 patients in Ontario hospitals found links between the severity of their infections and the levels of common air pollutants they experience.
B.C.'s mining environmental safety standards have eroded
Some environmental safeguards built into British Columbia mine approvals are being gradually whittled away without enough public or scientific oversight, says new university research.
Inuit fear Arctic mine expansion could hasten narwhal decline
Inuit hunters fear an upcoming ruling on an Arctic mine expansion could hasten the ongoing decline of a narwhal population that they rely on for food.
Alberta's top court strikes down environmental impact law - Ottawa appeals
The Alberta Court of Appeal's strongly worded opinion said the Impact Assessment Act is an "existential threat" to the division of powers guaranteed by the Constitution and has taken a "wrecking ball" to Constitutional rights of the citizens of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Canada's carbon goals 'feasible' with hydrogen despite auditor concerns: Wilkinson
The federal natural resources minister said on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, that concerns from the auditor general’s office about government plans to move to a more hydrogen-powered economy don’t mean the goals aren’t achievable.
Investing in climate now pays off in long run
Spending money now to avoid the worst effects of climate change later will literally pay for itself, according to a new analysis.
Alberta politics now a 'blood sport', political observers note
Emails suggesting a former Alberta justice minister hired a political fixer to pull the phone logs of a reporter to trace her sources show how the province's politics has deteriorated, observers say.
Alberta political operative says former justice minister hired him to obtain reporter's phone logs
David Wallace said the former justice minister wanted to trace the reporter's sources for a story about the size of his wedding when health restrictions were on.
Federal minister to Alberta minister: "I want to correct the record on what this plan does and does not do"
Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has written a letter to his Alberta counterpart to correct what he calls errors in Jason Nixon's recent newspaper column.