Environment

Fire Bans and restrictions increase with hot temperatures

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- As predicted, the hot temperatures have prompted not only heat warnings but, also fire bans and and restrctions. Lethbridge County has issued a Fire Ban on all open fires within its...

Jun 28, 2021

Alberta moving forward on two new plans to maintain river water quality

Alberta is proposing two new plans to monitor water quality on the North Saskatchewan, Battle and Upper Athabasca rivers.Environment Minister Jason Nixon says clear objectives to monitor and maintain ...

Jun 22, 2021

'Sacred country': Singer-songwriter Corb Lund holds coal mining protest concert

LIVINGSTONE RANGE, ALBERTA - Two mountain goats stubbornly refused to get up from their resting spot Wednesday in the middle of a gravel road heading into the eastern slopes of Alberta's Rocky Mountai...

Jun 16, 2021

Heat WARNING for South-East section of Alberta

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- There is a Heat WARNING for the South-East section of Alberta for the next three days, with temperatures over 30-degrees.Environment Canada and Health Canada provide the following c...

Jun 13, 2021

Canada, Alberta sign deal for $1.3B hydrogen plant in Edmonton

EDMONTON - The federal and Alberta governments are signing an agreement that could lead to a plant to produce hydrogen built near Edmonton. The governments say they're working with Air Products Canada...

Jun 09, 2021

New Democrat MP tables private bill, wants federal assessment of coal projects

OTTAWA - Alberta's lone New Democrat member of Parliament tabled proposed legislation Tuesday that would require all coal-mining proposals to go before a full federal environmental assessment.The priv...

Jun 08, 2021

Exploding device at gender reveal party leads to wildfire in northern Alberta

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - A $600 fine has been issued after a gender reveal party led to a wildfire in Alberta. Travis Fairweather, a wildfire information officer, says the party was taking place about 1...

Jun 08, 2021

Early survey results show big concerns in Alberta over Rocky Mountain coal mining

EDMONTON - Early results from a provincial survey on coal mining in the Rocky Mountains show major concerns about expanding the industry. Ninety per cent of the respondents say there are some areas of...

May 18, 2021

'Like a flash fire:' Rabbit owners warned about outbreak of deadly disease in Alberta

CALGARY - Janice Romick could see it coming. The rabbit breeder for 40 years in Cold Lake, Alta., says she saw the writing on the wall before a deadly rabbit virus appeared last month in the southern ...

May 05, 2021

Rocky town council wants better coal consultation with province

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE, Alta. - A town council in Alberta Environment Minister Jason Nixon's backyard wants broader consultation over the government's plans for open-pit coal mining in the Rocky Mountai...

Apr 21, 2021