Environment

Delayed grain crop due to wet summer dampens spirits of railways, farmers

TORONTO and EDMONTON - A delayed grain crop is causing headaches for railways, elevator operators and farmers following a dry spring and wet summer.Grain carloads at the two major Canadian rail compan...

Sep 25, 2019 Tractors during harvest -- photo credit to Glenn Miller

Mixed bag of weather predicted across the country but, the prairies could be bright spot

OTTAWA -- Canadians can expect average temperatures this fall that will give way to a cold winter in central and eastern parts of the country, according to The Weather Network.The network is predictin...

Sep 16, 2019 Wind turbines with early 2017 winter backdrop -- LNN

Federal Court of Appeal allows six legal challenges against Trans Mountain Pipeline to proceed

OTTAWA -- The Federal Court of Appeal has agreed to hear six of the 12 challenges to the second approval of Trans Mountain Pipeline project.In a decision released Wednesday afternoon, the court grante...

Sep 04, 2019 Oil installation -- The Canadian Press

Thousands of litres of oily substance released into Oldman River

LETHBRIDGE, AB - What's believed to be between 3,500 and 4,500 litres of cooking oil was somehow recently released into Lethbridge's stormwater drainage system and ended up in the Oldman River.That's ...

Sep 04, 2019 What's believed to be cooking oil was released into the Oldman River

Brazil, Bolivia assessing needs after Canada offers $15M aid for Amazon fires

OTTAWA - A Canadian official says Brazil and other Amazon-basin countries are considering Canada's offer of $15 million and equipment to help fight the fires destroying the South American rainforest. ...

Aug 27, 2019

Windfarm powering local economy

Bow Island, AB - It's a beehive of activity at the site of the Whitla Windfarm south of Bow Island as the 56 turbine project begins taking shape amongst the canola, lentil and wheat fields.Gravel road...

Aug 17, 2019 One of 56 turbines takes shape at Whitla Windfarm south of Bow Island – credit Alex McCuaig

Canadian Crop Hail Association receives more than 10,000 damage claims this year

The Canadian Crop Hail Association says more than 10-thousand damage claims have been received by its member companies so far this year.At the mid-point of the year, Saskatchewan farmers have filed ne...

Aug 16, 2019 Molnar corn field hit by hail Aug 6 -- LNN

Crews continue to make discoveries at Dinosaur Provincial Park

Dinosaur Provincial Park, AB - Every year, thousands of tourists pass through Dinosaur Provincial Park.75 million years ago, it was over 50 different species of dinosaurs passing though those same bad...

Aug 15, 2019 Royal Tyrrell Museum crews working at Dinosaur Provincial Park (Photo by Ross Lavigne)

Lethbridge's first electric vehicle fast charger launches at Park Place Mall

LETHBRIDGE -- The Peaks to Prairies Electric Vehicle Charging Network celebrated the launch of Lethbridge's first Direct Current Fast Charger (DCFC) Wednesday.It's owned and operated by ATCO and is lo...

Aug 15, 2019 Asanga Gunatillaka (ATCO) and Councillor Jeff Carlson (City of Lethbridge)

Alberta, Saskatchewan say they have no plans to put anti-carbon tax stickers on pumps

EDMONTON - Carbon-tax-fighting governments in Alberta and Saskatchewan say they have no plans to follow Ontario's lead and force gas stations to put anti-carbon tax stickers on their pumps.Ontario's P...

Aug 15, 2019 Jason Kenney -- The Canadian Press