Environment

Poor road conditions force Hwy-3 traffic detour Monday afternoon

COALDALE, AB. - RCMP were called out to jackknifed semi-trailer unit around 4:30 Monday afternoon. The semi was blocking both lanes of Highway 3, about three kilometres west of Lethbridge. The semi wa...

Nov 09, 2020

Motherless cub upholds Canadian ``customs``

SMITHERS, B.C. -- If it`s an out-of-the-way border crossing in northern B.C., chances are they get more than their share of wildlife encounters. That was the case recently, at the Stewart, B.C. - Hyde...

Nov 05, 2020

Feds announce $100 million for 'green' jobs in Alberta that fight climate change

OTTAWA, ONT. -- The Canadian government is providing a bundle of money to Alberta, during what it calls the "economically challenging time caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic." However, the money i...

Nov 02, 2020

Parks Canada plans first captive breeding program for Jasper National Park caribou

EDMONTON - Caribou herds in Canada's Rocky Mountains are now so precarious that Parks Canada is preparing a plan to round up females from nearly vanished herds and pen them in a captive breeding progr...

Nov 02, 2020

$20 million solar project under construction south of Medicine Hat

MEDICINE HAT, AB. -- A new solar project south of Medicine Hat is proving renewable energy can work in conjunction with oil and gas development.Alberta Solar One is a $20-million project being built n...

Oct 22, 2020

'Discovery by little Nathan:' 12-year-old makes fossil find in southern Alberta

Aspiring paleontologist Nathan Hrushkin speaks with pride about his "killer resume." The Grade 7 student from Calgary discovered a rare dinosaur skeleton earlier this year at Horseshoe Canyon in the B...

Oct 15, 2020

MD of Taber to receive $13M for flood mitigation projects

EDMONTON, AB. -- The Municipal District of Taber is in line for nearly $13 million to improve the Horsefly Regional Emergency Spillway to protect the region against overland flooding.Officials say upg...

Oct 08, 2020

Gusty wind creates havoc for semis, trees and trampolines

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- An old comedy bit says, "you know it's windy when there are white caps in the bathroom bowl" - but, in Southern Alberta, you know it's windy when semis can't stay on the road, or yo...

Sep 24, 2020

Two Southern Alberta fishermen charged in illegal fishing case

VULCAN COUNTY, AB. -- A Lethbridge fish and wildlife patrol on September 13, to monitor fishery compliance, found several anglers with violations, including sportfishing in closed waters and unlawful ...

Sep 21, 2020

Death of mother grizzly a 'big loss' for bear population in Banff park: experts

Wildlife experts say the death of a mother grizzly bear and her two cubs - including a rare, blond-headed grizzly - in Banff National Park is a major loss to the population.Parks Canada has said that ...

Sep 16, 2020