WINNIPEG – An environmental group from Toronto says the city of Winnipeg should toss its proposal to introduce garbage fees. … Continue reading Garbage fees ineffective, unjust: environmentalist

VANCOUVER – B.C. Agriculture Minister John van Dongen says the disposal of Avian flu-infected birds in landfill sites across the … Continue reading Landfill disposal not ruled out, says minister

EDMONTON – A new report suggests the gap between rich and poor in Canada's cities is widening. http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/04/14/canada/cities040414 Continue reading Report suggests city life improving, but not for everyone

WINNIPEG – A new report from a city committee says it could cost the city less to have private contractors … Continue reading City eyes privatizing more trash collection

Toronto – The Canadian and U.S. governments are both hailing the latest decision on softwood lumber from the World Trade … Continue reading Canada, U.S. claim victory in latest WTO softwood ruling

Edmonton – Rotting vegetation in Cooking Lake is the most likely source of the bad smell that's been hovering over … Continue reading Smelly air coming from rotting lake

Actor Dennis Weaver is famous for galloping on horseback through the streets as fictional Marshal Sam McCloud — and now … Continue reading Vancouver is final destination for international hydrogen drive: A 15-day tour is aimed at raising alternative-fuel awareness

CACHE CREEK — As protesters blockaded the local landfill yesterday to ensure no diseased chicken carcasses slipped by, a neighbouring … Continue reading Landfill deal threatened if fowl dumped on town

Shirvin Akhavi is a house doctor — and a detective — as he pokes and probes an east-end house in … Continue reading Saving the planet can have its payoffs

More than 12,000 sealers are on the massive ice floes off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador Monday to begin … Continue reading Controversial seal hunt under way off Newfoundland

Greenpeace's new Shopper's Guide to Ancient Forest Friendly Tissue Products, launched nationally today, gives consumers the information they need to … Continue reading Canadians called on to stop Ancient Forest Destruction