The Alberta government announced Monday that it’s building 250 modular housing units in Jasper for residents displaced by wildfire. The July fire destroyed one-third of the tourist town’s structures, including more than 800 units of housing. An estimated 2,000 people lost their homes. Community and Social Services Minister Jason Nixon told reporters that the housing…
The province now says ‘environmental factors’ have made its plan no longer feasible, and a drawdown of the reservoir is set to end shortly. Source link
After some glorious weather so far this fall in Alberta, there’s a dramatic shift in the forecast on the way — including the possibility of several centimetres of the dreaded white stuff early next week. On Saturday, the temperature in Calgary and Edmonton is forecast to hit the mid to high teens, but the mercury…
British Columbians go to the polls on Saturday after a too-close-to-call campaign that saw David Eby’s New Democrats and John Rustad’s BC Conservatives tangle over housing, health care and the overdose crisis — as well plastic straws and a billionaire’s billboards. The race has stood out for its negativity, with Eby and Rustad devoted to…
Demand for electricity in Ontario is set to soar by 75 per cent in the next couple of decades, far higher than was projected just last year, in part due to a sudden surge in data centres supporting artificial intelligence, the system operator said Wednesday. The demand has been relatively flat for the past 20…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 17, 2024 6:28 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s top court is set to release its decision in a landmark youth-led Charter challenge of the provincial government’s climate change plan. The Court of Appeal for Ontario heard arguments earlier this year brought by…
Most people are familiar with the concept of a doggy door, but how many have had the idea to super-size the concept? That’s what North Vancouver man Curt Scheewe did after a local black bear repeatedly punched a large hole in his fence. “Our neighbours, we all love the bear,” Scheewe told Global News. “We…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 14, 2024 2:44 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Montreal suburb has received a provincial Environment Department permit to go ahead with a long-awaited white-tailed deer cull in a local park that has become overrun with them. The City of Longueuil,…
Canada’s famed hunter and one of the inspirations for the Jurassic Park phenomenon turned 75 earlier this year and has no plans to drop his chisel and rock hammer. Albertan Philip Currie says he’ll keep digging until he’s one with the fossils he has spent his life unearthing. “I decided when I was about 40…
The Yukon government says mercury levels that “exceeded the water quality objective” were found in a creek near the site where a mine’s ore containment facility failed, causing a torrent of cyanide-contaminated rock to escape in June. A statement from the government says high levels of cyanide and dissolved metals continue to be detected in…
