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'Massive and potentially permanent disruption': Canada's bleak view of Line 5 closure
WASHINGTON - Shutting down the Line 5 pipeline in Michigan would deal a "massive and potentially permanent" blow to Canada's economy and energy security and risk lasting damage to relations with the U...
May 11, 2021
Ten years later: Five things to know about the Slave Lake wildfire
A wildfire burned about one-third of Slave Lake in northern Alberta in May 2011. Nearly 400 homes and businesses, including an apartment complex, were reduced to ash and rubble when fierce winds whipp...
May 09, 2021
Parks Canada captive caribou breeding proposal gets OK from scientific review panel
JASPER, Alta. - A last-ditch attempt to save some of Canada's vanishing caribou herds is a step closer after a scientific review panel's approval of a plan to permanently pen some animals and breed th...
May 09, 2021
Ten years later: Former Slave Lake mayor remembers wildfire that burned through town
Karina Pillay remembers everything about the wildfire. She remembers the chaos the day it hit. The fireballs falling around the town's government building. The traffic gridlock as flames blocked the r...
May 09, 2021
Indigenous nation opposes jade mining in northwestern B.C.
VANCOUVER - Demand for jade has sparked both a reality TV series set in the remote northwestern corner of British Columbia and opposition from an Indigenous nation over its lack of consent to jade min...
May 09, 2021
Rare yellow birds need wild roses to survive in British Columbia: researcher
VANCOUVER - A little yellow bird's rescue from the brink of extinction in British Columbia hinges on an oft-overlooked wild flower in the province's Okanagan region, according to one Canadian governme...
May 09, 2021
People in 200 homes in Hay River, N.W.T. told to leave due to flood threat
HAY RIVER, N.W.T. - The town of Hay River in the Northwest Territories has issued an evacuation order for about 200 households due to a threat of flooding.The town says in a release that people living...
May 07, 2021
Alberta eases security payment burden for oilsands companies
EDMONTON - Last year's dive in oil prices has caused Alberta to change how it calculates the payments oilsands mines make to ensure there's enough money to clean up the mess they leave behind. "The in...
May 06, 2021
Should Canada mandate sales targets for electric vehicles? Report says 'yes'
OTTAWA - Whether Canada should introduce a national mandate requiring the auto industry to make or sell more zero-emission vehicles is a question facing the Liberal government as it's not on the road ...
May 06, 2021
Report finds climate change rarely part of Atlantic Canada's fisheries management
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Climate change is rarely factored into management decisions for fisheries in Atlantic Canada and the eastern Arctic, according to a report released Wednesday from a national marine ...
May 05, 2021
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