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Bob Weber

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Global ocean conservation conference in B.C. aims to advance Montreal agreements

Federal politicians are expected to make a significant announcement on ocean protection during an international conference in Vancouver on how to take action on promises to protect the marine world made at recent global environment meetings.
News, Politics | February 3rd 2023
dump truck, Syncrude oil sands, Fort McMurray,

Alberta's oilsands mine security reform unlikely to fix problems, First Nations contend

Alberta is preparing to change how it ensures oilsands companies are able to pay for the mammoth job of cleaning up their operations, but critics fear a year of consultations hasn't been enough to avoid repeating past mistakes.
News, Politics | January 26th 2023

Nearly one-quarter of trails in southern B.C., Alberta unmapped and unmanaged

New research has spelled out for the first time the gap between official lists of trails in the southern Rockies and the number of trails there actually are, suggesting effects from the growing number of backcountry users may be larger than suspected.
News | January 24th 2023
Chrystia Freeland, Air Products hydrogen, Edmonton,

Federal government gives $9.7 million to support jobs in Alberta's hydrogen industry

The federal government delivered nearly $10 million on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, to support Alberta's growing hydrogen industry as the province continues to accuse Ottawa of wanting to shut down jobs in its energy sector. 
News, Politics | January 18th 2023

Alberta investigates family's lead-contaminated water well near gravel mine

Alberta Environment is investigating how a family's water well near a gravel mine became so contaminated by lead it's no longer drinkable.
News, Politics | January 17th 2023

Public should be allowed to weigh in on plan to subsidize well cleanup: Alberta NDP

Alberta's New Democrat Opposition wants public consultations on a government plan that would subsidize oil and gas companies to fulfil legal commitments to clean up old wells, a major proponent of which has been working directly in Premier Danielle Smith's office for months.
News, Politics | January 12th 2023

Environmental groups cheer Parks Canada buyout of Jasper Park backcountry lodges

Environmental groups are welcoming Parks Canada's buyout of two businesses in Jasper National Park's Tonquin Valley, a scenic and heavily visited destination also used by vanishing caribou herds.
News | January 6th 2023

Alberta government refuses to release data on snowpack contamination from coal mines

The Alberta government is refusing to release information on toxic contaminants in snowpacks downwind from mountaintop removal coal mines. 
News, Politics | January 6th 2023

Tourists in Mexico warned by Canadian government to shelter in place as violence erupts

Canadian tourists were trapped inside a Mexican hotel on Thursday, January 5, 2023, as buses that were supposed to take them to an airport and safely home burned outside. 
News, Politics | January 6th 2023

Hurricane Fiona Canada's top weather story of the year

"Fiona was a large-scale, high-impact storm -- likely the most damaging hurricane in Canadian history in terms of insurance costs with initial estimates of $700 million," Dave Phillips said in his 27th annual rundown.
News | December 21st 2022
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