Wet, slow harvest has farmers hoping for heat
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 18:53:00 CST
REGINA - Flooding delayed or washed out seeding across a wide swath of the Prairies, and more wet weather is now slowing the harvest.
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First Nations warn feds to reject B.C. mine
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 16:15:00 CST
OTTAWA - First Nations in British Columbia are warning the federal government that they will stop at nothing to prevent a mining company from destroying a fishing lake to process copper and gold.
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Fuel tanker runs aground in Northwest Passage
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:04:00 CST
A fuel tanker carrying nine million litres of fuel has run aground near the Nunavut community of Gjoa Haven in the Northwest Passage.
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Arrival of coastal storms revives dike worries
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 14:34:00 CST
HALIFAX - The hurricane season is reviving fears about deteriorating dikes and seawalls that some East Coast residents rely on to shield them from the Bay of Fundy's immense tides.
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Baby 'Rothschild' giraffe born in Ontario
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 13:47:00 CST
CAMBRIDGE, Ont. - The largest herd of Rothschild giraffes in Canada is now a little bigger, with the birth of "Johanna" at the African Lion Safari.
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Hurricane Earl threatens US East Coast
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 12:50:00 CST
BUXTON, N.C. - Hurricane Earl packed winds near 125 mph (200 kph) as it blew toward North Carolina on Thursday, putting the Eastern Seaboard all the way to Canada on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain.
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Mariner Energy shares fall after platform blast
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 12:20:00 CST
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Mariner Energy, Inc. shares dropped more than four per cent Thursday following news that one of its production platforms exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Electric plane takes to sky in maiden flight
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 07:54:00 CST
PARIS - Airbus' parent company EADS says its all-electric experimental aircraft has performed its maiden flight.
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N.S. warns of algae bloom in Inverness lake
Wed, 1 Sep 2010 20:01:00 CST
HALIFAX - Residents of Nova Scotia's Inverness County are being advised to take precautions when using Lake Ainslie because of a possible algae bloom.
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Work with us:Stelmach to oilsands critic
Wed, 1 Sep 2010 17:34:00 CST
EDMONTON - Government scientists should sit down with a prominent oilsands critic to figure out why his conclusions about the source of toxins in the Athabasca River are so different than theirs, said Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach.
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Stelmach 'upset' by funding for oilsands doc
Wed, 1 Sep 2010 15:32:00 CST
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach is upset that an anti-oilsands documentary received provincial funding.
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Enviros use bar codes to connect with public
Wed, 1 Sep 2010 11:54:00 CST
VANCOUVER - Mysterious posters are popping up in cities across the country displaying a large black-and-white pattern that looks a little like a maze from a children's activity book.
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Semcan Q2 loss drops despite revenue decline
Wed, 1 Sep 2010 09:13:00 CST
TORONTO - Environmental engineering company Semcan Inc.'s second-quarter loss was reduced to $510,541 from a year-earlier loss of $7.4 million despite a 60 per cent drop in revenue.
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SunOpta sells its bioprocess business
Wed, 1 Sep 2010 06:14:00 CST
TORONTO - SunOpta Inc. (TSX:SOY), a producer of organic and specialty foods, says it has sold its SunOpta BioProcess Inc. business to Mascoma Corp.. a renewable energy company based in the United States.
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Feds question findings on oilsands pollution
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:56:00 CST
EDMONTON - Assertions that pollution in the Athabasca River doesn't come from the oilsands industry have to be backed up by better science, says federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice.
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Debate flows over impacts of huge sockeye run
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:48:00 CST
VANCOUVER - As hordes of West Coast salmon continue surging through Mother Nature's floodgates, those with a stake in the once-in-a-lifetime run are tackling a tough question: To fish or not to fish?
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Shale gas emits enviro risks, Ottawa warned
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:16:00 CST
MONTREAL - The Conservative government has been warned that drilling for shale gas could boost carbon-dioxide emissions, encroach on wildlife habitat and sap freshwater resources.
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Enbridge pipeline review slammed at meeting
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:49:00 CST
Aboriginal leaders in British Columbia questioned the legitimacy of a review into a controversial Enbridge pipeline proposal that aims to connect oilsands crude to Asian markets.
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Snow-white North needs more green, group says
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:36:00 CST
OTTAWA - Billions of dollars in new military spending should be used for a major upgrade of Canada's northern infrastructure, says a group representing Canada's cities and towns.
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Greenpeace blocks Greenland drilling
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:32:00 CST
COPENHAGEN - Greenpeace forced a Scottish company to stop drilling off Greenland on Tuesday by having four activists climb onto an oil rig.
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