FREDERICTON, N.B. – Farmers in the Maritimes and on the American East Coast are bracing for a battle with a … Continue reading Army worms swarming Maritime farms

VANCOUVER – Clearcutting large swaths of BC's central Interior is not the way to fight the current outbreak of mountain … Continue reading Widespread clearcutting not best solution for BC Mountain Pine Beetle outbreak

VANCOUVER – Strong public participation and vigilance is essential to ensure new standards for certified forest management in British Columbia … Continue reading Keep the ‘eco’ in eco-certification: New campaign to monitor certification of BC forest products

VANCOUVER – Canada's insistence that forest and farmland "carbon sinks" play a major role in efforts to reduce greenhouse gases … Continue reading New report shows “sinks” emphasis in Kyoto talks avoids real greenhouse gas reductions

WELLAND, ON, July 13 /CNW/ – A third member of an Ontario family involved in the trade of wild and … Continue reading Third family member convicted for smuggling wild exotic birds

FREDERICTON – Modified wheat is coming, whether Canadian farmers want it or not, says an executive of international food giant … Continue reading Monsanto plans genetically modified wheat in five years

SYDNEY, NOVA SCOTIA – There is now evidence that six people – including five children – living near Sydney's tar … Continue reading Five children near tar ponds record high arsenic levels

Whoever said "never share a stage with kids or animals" never met movie star Kevin Bacon, Cheers' Shelly Long or … Continue reading STARS HELP WORLD WILDLIFE FUND CANADA SAVE ANIMALS IN TV SPECIAL

Ontario Minister of Natural Resources John Snobelen made a major conservation announcement at the annual meeting of the World Wildlife … Continue reading Good News for Algonquin Park Wolves

HALIFAX – The storm Atlantic Canada has been bracing for has hit Newfoundland, with winds of 119 kilometres an hour … Continue reading Atlantic Canadians batten down the hatches

CALGARY – Calgary Fire officials and Alberta Environment have told Fairview residents it is safe to return to their homes. … Continue reading Residents return home but toxicity still a concern

Whitehorse, Yukon – Environmentalists in the Yukon are fighting back against charges they've sabotaged the forest industry in the territory. … Continue reading Yukon greens not killing mills: official