WEYBURN, SASK – Scientists from around the world are closely watching a Saskatchewan-based project that extracts oil using carbon dioxide, … Continue reading Greenhouse gas used to boost oil production

Cambridge Bay, Nunavut – Co-ops from across Nunavut and the Northwest Territories will take part in a three-year national study … Continue reading Co-op study around north explores community role

OTTAWA – Federal Health Minister Anne McLellan says she is overhauling the Pesticide Control Products Act but will not ban … Continue reading No ban on lawn chemicals

REGINA – Canada's oil and gas retailers say they do not support Saskatchewan's plan to force them to put ethanol … Continue reading No environmental benefit to ethanol, gas companies say

ST. JOHN'S – Canada has banned Faroe Island fishing vessels from Canadian ports for the remainder of the year, a … Continue reading Canada closes ports to Faroe Island fishers, confirms cod on Russian ship

OTTAWA ? Canada Thursday closed its ports to fishing vessels from the Faroe Islands as punishment for what Ottawa said … Continue reading Angry Canada shuts ports to Faroe Island ships

REGINA – In an attempt to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, Saskatchewan introduced legislation Thursday that it hopes will make it … Continue reading Sask. to make gasoline less damaging to environment

Whitehorse, Nunavut – Oil and gas executives are casting their gaze north and First Nations need to be prepared. http://north.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=mar21petro Continue reading Yukon First Nations prepare for petro companies

Yellowknife, N.W.T. – People in most parts of the Northwest Territories had warmer temperatures to welcome the first day of … Continue reading Spring has sprung but count on cool temperatures

PERDUE, Sask. – The mayor of Perdue says the village needs to fix its water system. And provincial government officials … Continue reading Perdue’s request for water help lost in government bureaucracy

REGINA – Saskatchewan will soon be the only province in Canada to mandate the use of ethanol at the gas … Continue reading Environmentally friendly ethanol on the way

Tofino, B.C. – A salmon farm on the west coast of Vancouver Island reports sockeye disease has infected as many … Continue reading Outbreak of sockeye disease in Clayoquot Sound