Environment

Buying out Abbotsford lands devastated by 2021 floods could cost nearly $1 billion — less than half of the costliest plan to buttress existing flood defences.

Provinces need to do more on energy transition, Clean Energy Canada says

Healthy plant life key to flood mitigation, shaping river ecosystems

Advocates agree that mussel prevention will take work across multiple levels of government.

In the mid-20th century, as industrialization accelerated, so did air pollution. 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre's pledges to axe carbon pricing come at a time of wildfires and other disasters and Poilievre would rather "watch the country burn" than continue the fight against climate change.

Divers used a pump truck onboard a barge to retrieve more than 1,900 litres of diesel fuel from the Chief Joseph, which sank May 3

Fines would max out at $10,000 per day, and would target hospitals; sani-dump facilities; trucked liquid waste haulers; and breweries, wineries and restaurants.

Someone was power washing nearby, but it’s hard to confirm if that was the source, district says