Bob Weber
Reporter with The Canadian Press
About Bob Weber
Turtles, butterflies and foxes: Captive breeding for endangered species growing
The turtle in my hand dangles its churning feet as I set it down. It touches its first dirt and immediately, unerringly, points toward shore and races as fast as a turtle can to the water.
Northerners applaud funding for long-awaited road through Arctic tundra
Two federal announcements this week are expected to kick-start a long-awaited road into the heart of the Canadian Arctic that would lower grocery costs for northern families and unlock billions of dollars in mineral resources.
'Not our best work': RCMP apologize for handling of Indigenous woman's death
The commanding officer of the RCMP in Alberta has apologized to the family of an Indigenous woman who disappeared nine years ago and whose killer has never been found.
Deadline coming: Scientists tell environment minister to speed up conservation
Some of North America's top conservation scientists have written to the federal government urging it to speed up land protection in Canada.
Mercury tops out on top of the world: Alert in Nunavut warmer than Victoria
Weather watchers are focused on the world's most northerly community which has been in the middle of a record-breaking heat wave.
Tradition versus technology: Northerners debate use of drones in caribou hunting
Tradition and technology are clashing on the tundra where Indigenous groups are debating the use of drones to hunt caribou.
UNESCO gives Canada new deadline to preserve Wood Buffalo National Park
A United Nations body has given Canada a new deadline to repair the country's largest national park and the government is promising greater efforts to stop its deterioration.
Solar-powered Alberta town becomes 'net zero' community
What began as a friendly rivalry between two southern Alberta towns has ended with what may be one of the most extensive programs of solar power anywhere in the country.
"Other people's skin:" Inuit sue government over medical experiments
Five Inuit have filed a lawsuit against the federal government over medical experiments, including skin grafts, that they say were performed on them without their consent.
U.S. ramps up concern over B.C. pollution; eight senators write to premier
Eight U.S. senators say Canadian mines in British Columbia are endangering cross-border rivers through a combination of poor environmental assessments and inadequate monitoring.