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 Items tagged: Fisheries ActItems Found: 10Poll: Changes to the Fisheries ActApril 25, 2012 - 8:14 am Yesterday, the federal government announced a proposal to change certain aspects of the Fisheries Act. For details, click here. We'd love to know what you think. As always, feel free to explain your choice in the comments section below. Feds to Introduce Changes to Fisheries ActApril 24, 2012 - 12:44 pm Current rules for protecting fish habitat are “indiscriminate and unfocused,” according to Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. In a release today, the federal government said will introduce changes to “protect the productivity of recreational, commercial and Aboriginal fisheries.” “We... Two Weeks of BuzzMarch 18, 2012 - 3:55 pm Playing a bit of catch up after two weeks on the road in western Canada, but wanted to quickly share some of the big buzz topics that we'll be covering in more depth in the coming weeks. Stay tuned! S-8 "We will not accept any circumstances where First Nations are set up to fail," said National... Categories: Blog 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 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 Holiday News RoundupJanuary 3, 2011 - 8:54 am Happy New Year! A brief news roundup following a two-week break: 1. Shortly after the Royal Society of Canada released its oil sands report and just before the holidays began, Minister of the Environment John Baird released the results of the independent report on the oilsands chaired by Elizabeth... Categories: International, National, News, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada North 60° Petro Fined for Hydrocarbon Discharge into Yukon RiverNovember 17, 2010 - 11:37 am North 60° Petro Limited pleaded guilty on November 12, 2010, in Whitehorse Territorial Court for failing to comply with an Environment Canada Inspector's Direction requesting that the company stop discharging hydrocarbons into the Yukon River from North 60° Petro Bulk Terminal site in Whitehorse... Categories: National, News, Northern Canada Riverkeeper Demands Sewage InvestigationMay 6, 2010 - 12:34 pm In a press release on Tuesday, Vancouver's Fraser Riverkeeper demanded an international investigation into Canada's "failure to stop toxic sewage pollution." The organization has asked the Commission for Environmental Cooperation to investigate Canada's failure to enforce the Fisheries Act to prevent... Categories: News, Western Canada Ottawa Receives Water Contamination ComplaintApril 15, 2010 - 10:16 am The federal government is failing to enforce anti-pollution provisions of the federal Fisheries Act by allowing oilsands tailings ponds to leak contaminated materials into both surface waters and groundwater in the Athabasca watershed, says an environmental group. A coalition of environmental organizations... Threats and ConsequencesMarch 22, 2010 - 11:51 am How can we act to prevent invasive species and protect biodiversity in the Great Lakes? As part of our World Water Day series, Water Canada got scientific with Professor John Casselman of Queen’s University’s Biology Department. Water Canada: In terms of biodiversity, how has Lake Ontario... Categories: Features |
