Natasha Bulowski reports from Ottawa with a slant on how federal policy is impacting British Columbians.
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British Columbians will receive warning up to 10 seconds before an earthquake strikes, allowing them time to take vital safety measures, thanks to a new early warning system.
When the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) announced Imperial Oil had to pay a $50,000 administrative penalty, it said this was the maximum base amount allowed under the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act. This is "absolutely not" accurate, according to experts.
A long-overdue federal strategy to tackle ocean noise is here at last — but some advocates say it falls short of what’s needed to protect species from the ever-increasing shipping traffic in Canadian waters.
The Alberta Energy Regulator's $50,000 fine for Imperial Oil for tailings leaks at one of its oilsands facilities is a paltry measure in the face of its massive profits, according to several critics.
The territory will add $5 million of its own to the investment, intended to help it acquire firefighting equipment as wildfires trigger evacuations in the north.
Following 15 years of delays, the federal government has released a strategy that should preserve critical habitat for the redside dace — a small, but important, freshwater fish.
Two weeks spent combing secluded beaches for plastics with B.C. coastal guides have taught me an important lesson for the policymakers and pundits: Taking action for the climate is hard work, but it's not impossible.
For a third year, the tourism companies of B.C. have put coastal guides to work on a coastal clean-up project. Despite their much smaller operating budget, the 12-person crew is unwavering in its dedication to the task.
For every bottle collected along B.C.'s shorelines, it seems like there are five more buried beneath driftwood and sand — but neither the hard work nor the limited budget deters crews from their marine debris removal efforts.
A Swiss-based mining company with a sketchy foreign business record that won approval to take over Teck Resources’ B.C. coal mines has MPs from multiple parties and environmental groups up in arms.
Energy infrastructure is an attractive target for cyberattacks but the experts needed to protect this critical infrastructure are in short supply, according to the federal government.