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The petition asked signers to endorse prohibiting new coal mining in the Rockies on the grounds it needlessly risks harming the environment, particularly water.
Elbows Up for Climate has 5 policy aims: a national clean energy grid in every direction, the building of at least 2 million net-zero homes, mass retrofits, heat pumps and solar installations, a national high-speed rail system and a ”national resilience, response and recovery strategy.”
The mayor of Terrace, BC took aim at Alberta separatist sentiments in a meeting with Alberta government representatives.
“I'm not interested in doing business in pipelines with another country,” Sean Bujtas said. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/08/n...
The region is home to some of Canada’s largest stone fruit and wine industries, both of which have struggled in recent years due to cold snaps and other extreme weather events that devastated harvests.
Not everyone is thrilled about the high-speed train project that will someday run from Toronto to Quebec City. Some farmers say their land will be cleaved in half by the route. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/11/n...
New mayors' group throws elbows up for climate policy www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/08/n...
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Yesterday, a group of climate conscious municipal leaders met on the sidelines of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to strategize on how to bring the climate crisis back on the agenda.
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For the past four months, Lund's effort — dubbed "Water Not Coal" — has gathered signatures at events, including a multi-day horseback ride from Longview, Alta., south of Calgary, to Edmonton. Lund di...
In its most recent drought assessment bulletin, published on June 4, the BC government warned that many reservoirs in the region won't fill to their normal levels this year because of the unusually lo...
Representatives from the Alberta government are taking the province's pitch for a new oil pipeline to communities in BC and Alberta as they prepare to submit a proposal to the federal major projects o...
The group is advocating for a national clean energy grid, major housing build-out and retrofit program, among other initiatives — and calling for a windfall tax on oil and gas companies to pay for it ...
Representatives from the Alberta government are taking the province's pitch for a new oil pipeline to communities in BC and Alberta as they prepare to submit a proposal to the federal major projects o...
In its most recent drought assessment bulletin, published on June 4, the BC government warned that many reservoirs in the region won't fill to their normal levels this year because of the unusually lo...
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When the catastrophe strikes the place you love, do you run or do you stay? What does it teach you?
Protesters gathered at the centennial flame in Ottawa and called for a stop to the project, citing concerns about land expropriation, the project’s high costs, inadequate consultation and a lack of tr...
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The group is advocating for a national clean energy grid, major housing build-out and retrofit program, among other initiatives — and calling for a windfall tax on oil and gas companies to pay for it ...
The group is advocating for a national clean energy grid, major housing build-out and retrofit program, among other initiatives — and calling for a windfall tax on oil and gas companies to pay for it ...
