Bob Weber
Reporter with The Canadian Press
About Bob Weber
'Huge milestone:' Ceremony marks land deal for Lubicon Lake First Nation
Their story of poverty and neglect went from northern Alberta to the world and on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, decades of determination paid off when the Lubicon Lake Cree signed a long-awaited treaty with Canada.
Treaty signing marks start of real work for Alberta's Lubicon, says chief
Alberta's Lubicon Cree have been fighting for decades for a land they could call their own.
'So many bears:' Draft plan says Nunavut polar bear numbers unsafe
There are too many polar bears in parts of Nunavut and climate change hasn't yet affected any of them, says a draft management plan from the territorial government that contradicts much of conventional scientific thinking.
British Columbia faces lawsuit: Fracking dams exempted from environmental review
A conservation group is suing the British Columbia government for exempting two oilpatch dams from environmental rules years after the dams were built.
'No answers for me': Chief says First Nations left out of McMurray fire response
There was no emergency plan for First Nations during the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire, concludes a lengthy report by 11 Indigenous communities in and around one of Canada's worst natural disasters.'Fort McMurray First Nation was not even told that there was an emergency operations centre.
Study suggests bedrock stress a factor in fracking-caused earthquakes
New research is digging in to why fracking causes earthquakes in some areas but not in others.
U.S. Exxon lawsuit takes aim at Alberta oilsands over climate risks
A lawsuit filed this week in a U.S. court says ExxonMobil has dramatically underestimated the risks its oilsands assets face from efforts to reduce carbon emissions.
Canadian Coast Guard to increase focus on Arctic through creation of new branch
The federal Liberal government is turning its face to the North with changes in a major ministry and at the Canadian Coast Guard.
N.W.T. not meeting key duties in child services: auditor general
Canada's auditor general has found serious problems with child services in the Northwest Territories.
Online maps show impact of climate change on Canada's boreal forests
New online maps let viewers zero in on how climate change will affect their part of Canada's boreal forest.