Bob Weber
Reporter with The Canadian Press
About Bob Weber
'I am out of words:' Veteran politician Paul Quassa chosen new Nunavut premier
A longtime Inuit politician has been chosen as the fourth premier of Nunavut.
Pine beetles from Jasper National Park moving into commercial forest
A massive and uncontrollable buildup of mountain pine beetles in Jasper National Park is starting to explode into commercially valuable forests along its boundaries.
International scientists raise alarm about Wood Buffalo World Heritage Site
One of the world's largest groups of conservation scientists says Canada's biggest national park is one of the most threatened World Heritage Sites in North America. "This is quite embarrassing," said Melody Lepine of the Mikisew Cree First Nation, many of whose members live alongside the park. "It's not looking good for Canada avoiding an endangered listing for Wood Buffalo."
Appeal allowed: Supreme Court to decide how abandoned oil wells to be handled
The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal from Alberta's energy regulator that seeks to overturn a ruling that could allow bankrupt energy companies to walk away from cleaning up abandoned oil wells.
Canada not walking the walk on cutting greenhouse gas emissions: OECD leader
To an international diplomat, the irony is painful — the country that promised action on climate change is falling behind while the country that has spurned a major treaty on the issue is making progress.
Caribou herds and habitat still declining: federal report
Canada's woodland caribou herds and the habitat they need continue to decline five years after the provinces agreed to develop strategies to preserve them, a federal study has concluded.
"Just like eating yogurt" - scientists hope to end epidemic in bats
Canadian scientists are racing to test a remedy that they hope will save bats from a deadly fungus that has already killed millions of the winged mammals across the continent.
Dandelions found in oilsands tailings could help clean them up: researchers
"Plants that grow in extreme environments very seldom do it by themselves," says University of Saskatchewan biologist Susan Kaminskyj.
New chemical cocktails found in Hudson Bay polar bears
New tests have found a wide range of previously undiscovered contaminants in polar bears around Hudson Bay.
Alberta oilpatch pollution badly underestimated
A new study confirms that a type of unregulated emission, that doesn't require industry transparency, accounts for 94 per cent of methane released in Alberta,