Summer has arrived in full force in much of Central Canada, in the form of a heat wave. http://cbc.ca/stories/2002/07/02/heatwave020702 Continue reading HEAT WAVE ROASTS CENTRAL CANADA – GARBAGE STRIKE ADDS TO TORONTO’S WOES
Provincial environment inspectors have traced the source of oil and sewage leaking into the Petitcodiac River in Moncton. http://nb.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=kc_leak070302 Continue reading CONTAMINATION OF PETITCODIAC RIVER TRACED
The City of Calgary is urging people to cut back on their water usage for a few more days. http://calgary.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=wd_07022002 Continue reading CITY ASKING CALGARIANS TO KEEP TRACK OF WATER USAGE
A pilot project in Calgary is allowing cyclists to attach their bikes to racks on city buses. http://calgary.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=bu_02072002 Continue reading CALGARY TRANSIT PROVIDING SOME CYCLISTS WITH BIKE RACKS
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is slashing its enhancement budget for the west coast by one quarter. http://vancouver.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=bc_salmon020701 Continue reading BUDGET CUT THREATENS SALMON POPULATION
A Finnish scientist wants the United Nations to encourage the use of traditional knowledge in research projects on climate change … Continue reading FINNISH RESEARCHER PUSHES TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE
A University of Saskatchewan researcher is working to make garbage dumps a little more environmentally-friendly. http://sask.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=garbage020603 Continue reading RUNOFF-EATING MICROBES ARE LATEST TOOL FOR RESEARCHERS
One of Canada's most respected and outspoken environmentalists is making it quite clear he doesn't back the Alberta government and … Continue reading Suzuki trashes Alberta’s alternative to Kyoto protocol
WINNIPEG – Canadian food and wildlife officials were awaiting further test results yesterday after discovering an elk on an Alberta … Continue reading Canada finds mad elk disease has spread to Alberta
Happy Valley-Goose Bay – There's some money in the provincial budget to clean up a contaminated site at Northwest Point, … Continue reading Money tagged for Northwest cleanup
St. John's – The Coast Guard says it's keeping a close eye on the spot where a damaged shrimp trawler … Continue reading Concern over oil spill near Baccalieu Island
OTTAWA – Canadian Environment Minister David Anderson will try to press Washington to do more to curb emissions of greenhouse … Continue reading Canada to press US to do more on global warming
