Environment

Avalanche Warning for north and south Rockies

REVELSTOKE, B.C. -- Avalanche Canada has issued a Public Avalanche Warning for recreational backcountry users who may venture into the North Rockies, South Rockies, the Lizard, Flathead, and Waterton ...

Feb 25, 2021

No details: Alberta energy minister announces date for start of coal consultations

EDMONTON - Alberta says public consultations on coal mining will begin March 29 but there's no decision yet on how they will go ahead. "I have directed my department officials to bring forward a compr...

Feb 23, 2021

Fragments of Monday morning meteor may have landed in Alberta

GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB. -- A meteor that lit up the sky early Monday morning may have left fragments in Northern Alberta.The meteor was spotted at around 6:20 a.m., and reports from the public submitted t...

Feb 22, 2021

'Trojan Horse:' Alberta to argue in court federal assessment law unconstitutional

Alberta is in court fighting against Ottawa's law on environmental assessment. Arguments in Alberta's Court of Appeal are expected to last all week. The Alberta government calls the Impact Assessment ...

Feb 22, 2021

Critics ask why no details on Alberta government plan for parks management

EDMONTON - The Alberta government has yet to release details on how it will "optimize" the province's parks by getting other people to run them. It's been almost a year since the plan was revealed in ...

Feb 22, 2021

Food Waste Reduction Challenge draws many and diverse applications

OTTAWA, ONT. -- The Government of Canada's Food Waste Reduction Challenge has proven a massive success. An impressive turnout of 343 applications have been received from innovators in Canada and aroun...

Feb 15, 2021

Coyotes: Beautiful creatures not to be feared

LETHBRIDGE, AB - "They're really interesting animals to learn more about and not something that we necessarily need to be afraid of."That from Jessica Deacon-Rogers, Program Coordinator at Lethbridge'...

Feb 14, 2021

$400M available in next round of funding to clean up inactive Alberta oil & gas sites

EDMONTON, AB. - Alberta and the federal government say another $400 million in funding is available to help clean up inactive oil and gas sites in the province.The money includes $100 million for clea...

Feb 12, 2021

Jason Kenney defends Rockies coal policy, calls old protections a 'dead letter'

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says Albertans have no cause to worry over his government quietly throwing out a coal policy that protected the Rocky Mountains for more than four decades."No r...

Feb 03, 2021

Alberta promises close watch on new mines but cuts oversight of coal-polluted rivers

EDMONTON - Alberta government documents show repeated cuts to environmental monitoring despite contaminants in some waterways that exceed thresholds that are supposed to trigger increased scrutiny. Th...

Feb 01, 2021