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 Items tagged: Environment CanadaItems Found: 31Feds and Alberta Release Oil Sands Monitoring PlanFebruary 7, 2012 - 2:37 pm The federal government and Alberta unveiled the long-awaited Joint Canada-Alberta Implementation Plan for Oil Sands Monitoring in Edmonton last Friday. Spurred by University of Alberta researchers Erin Kelly and David Schindler, the governments established an independent review panel in 2010 and in... Categories: National, News, Western Canada Feds to Invest $78.7M in Monitoring InfrastructureJanuary 20, 2012 - 2:30 pm The Harper Government will invest $78.7 million over the next five years to strengthen weather monitoring infrastructure, Minister of Environment Peter Kent announced today. The infrastructure upgrades will strengthen core weather monitoring networks including the weather radar network. The upgrades... Prairie Flooding Takes Top Spot on Weather Stories ListJanuary 2, 2012 - 1:07 pm Spring flooding in Canada's Prairie region took 2011's top spot in Environment Canada's annual list of top weather stories. Epic melts occurred everywhere, says EC's website, from the Qu’Appelle Valley to eastern Manitoba and from The Pas south to the Canadian-American border—resulting in... Deconstructing "Deleterious"November 14, 2011 - 8:45 am Located near the mouth of Rivers Inlet, north of Port Hardy on the central coast of British Columbia, the floating Rivers Lodge is one of several that host sports fishing vacations. For six weeks each year, Pat Ardley and her two kids run the lodge, but it’s not an easy business. The economic downturn... Categories: Features Vaughan Lauds Feds for Oil Sands Action PlanOctober 4, 2011 - 9:56 am For over a decade, Environment Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada have warned that key environmental information regarding the effects of oil sands projects has been missing, reads the opening letter in the 2011 October Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development... No Mere Budget CutSeptember 9, 2011 - 12:31 pm Let us be clear. Unless you believe that contracting a flesh-eating disease is a reasonable way to lose weight, it is difficult to interpret what is presently happening to Environment Canada as a mere budget cut. To accept what we have seen happen to this crucial federal government department as... Categories: Blog Okanagan Land Use and Water Management Web Portal Re-launchedAugust 23, 2011 - 11:46 am The Okanagan Collaborative Conservation Program (OCCP) and the South Okanagan Similkameen Conservation Program (SOSCP) have relaunch of their web portal for land use and water management information. The Okanagan Conservation Planning website (OKCP) is the “go-to point” for conservation information... Categories: News, Western Canada Metals Company Reaches Agreement at Community Justice ForumMay 13, 2011 - 10:06 am Earlier this week, Vancouver-based Teck Metals Ltd. Trail Operations, which represents a zinc and lead smelting and refining complex, participated in a community justice forum that focused on an October 7, 2010 mercury discharge into the Columbia River and a leachate overflow into Stoney Creek that occurred... Categories: News, Western Canada Kent Releases Athabasca Water Quality Monitoring PlanMarch 25, 2011 - 12:56 pm Earlier this week, Environment Minister Peter Kent presented Environment Canada's plan for a new Lower Athabasca Water Quality Monitoring Program. Developed in collaboration with Alberta, the plan (pdf here) responds to the Federal Oil Sands Advisory Panel report. The Panel, struck in September 2010... Categories: National, News, Western Canada Friend and FoeJanuary 3, 2011 - 9:40 am Urban roads and expansive highways propel our interconnected economy and mobile lifestyle, but a snowstorm can bring productivity crashing to a halt. Not to mention, icy roads and snowy banks increase the probability of accidents, threatening motorist and passenger safety. Road salt plays a major... Categories: Features Advertisement
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