Descrease article font size Increase article font size An amazing close encounter with a pod of orcas was caught on camera recently. Lionel Jensen and his dad Randy recently completed the Race to Alaska, an annual race from Port Townsend, Wash., to Ketchikan, Alaska. It’s a sailing race using only wind power, no engines allowed….
The Alberta Energy Regulator seems to be going ahead with hearings on coal exploration in the Rocky Mountains despite a court ruling that opened the question of whether those applications should have been accepted. The regulator has promised to hold public hearings into three applications from Northback Holdings to explore for coal on the Grassy…
A new poll suggests more Canadians are feeling the direct impacts of extreme weather, but that has not changed overall opinions about climate change. The results from a recent Leger poll suggest more than one in three Canadians have been touched directly by extreme weather such as forest fires, heat waves, floods or tornadoes. When…
Every summer, outdoor enthusiasts flock to a set of cavelike tunnels just west of the Ontario-Manitoba boundary. The Caddy Lake tunnels were created more than a century ago as part of railway construction. Workers blasted through solid Canadian Shield rock to let water flow and reduce the chance of flooded tracks. In the ensuing decades, people…
Alberta’s top court has allowed a southwestern ranching community to appeal the provincial energy regulator’s decision to accept applications to explore for coal in the Rocky Mountains. In a ruling released Thursday, the Alberta Court of Appeal said it will hear arguments from the Municipal District of Ranchland that the Alberta Energy Regulator shouldn’t have…
Imperial Oil has been fined $50,000 after the province’s energy regulator concluded the company broke environmental laws when wastewater containing oilsands tailings seeped outside its lease boundary in 2022. The fine is accompanied by requirements for mitigation plans and research into the environmental effects of such wastewater and represents only the first part of the…
When wildlife photographer Catherine Babault captured images of a female grizzly bear with two cubs encountering a herd of elk on Vancouver Island last month, she knew she had witnessed something special. “I feel very privileged — not everybody has the opportunity to see grizzly bears in nature and it was a very rare moment…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A portion of the Mission Creek Greenway will be closed to all pedestrians and cyclists between the Robert Hobson Environmental Education Centre for the Okanagan and KLO Road later this week. From Aug. 21 to 22, visitors are asked to be mindful of signs directing them where…
If you’re thinking there has been a lot of rain this summer in Toronto, you’re right. In fact, many parts of Eastern Canada have been seeing a wetter than normal year – and with just over a month until summer ends, the country’s largest city has seen already seen its wettest summer ever. “That’s impressive…
A fisheries expert warns that low water levels brought on by years of severe drought, paired with meagre snowpack and rainfall, are leaving B.C.’s salmon in a compromising position during their spawning migration. Researchers are also trying to understand the effects of last year’s devastating wildfires in B.C. Salmon need a steady stream of cool, fresh…
