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  • Preserving grasslands is good for the planet, ranchers say — and they want to be paid

    December 11, 2023 - 1:00 AM

    CALGARY - Fed up with taking heat for their industry's carbon footprint, Canadian ranchers say it's time for government to step up and fund a solution that will reduce emissions while also preserving one of earth's most threatened ecosystems.

  • Canadian ranchers brace for long, lean winter after droughts, soaring feed costs

    October 27, 2023 - 1:00 AM

    CALGARY - It could be a long, lean winter in cattle country as drought-ravaged western Canadian ranchers struggle to secure feed to get their livestock through the cold months.

  • B.C.'s agriculture industry at forefront of climate change reality

    August 28, 2023 - 12:09 PM

    CALGARY - With more than 400 active wildfires still burning in B.C. and many residents yet to return to their homes, it's too early to know the fate of the province's honeybees.

  • TikTok content creators file lawsuit against Montana over first-in-nation law banning app

    May 18, 2023 - 5:45 PM

    HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Five TikTok content creators have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn Montana's first-in-the-nation ban on the video sharing app, arguing the law is an unconstitutional violation of free speech rights.

  • Colorado becomes 1st to pass ‘right to repair’ for farmers

    April 25, 2023 - 2:29 PM

    DENVER (AP) — Sitting in front of a hulking red tractor, Democratic Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill Tuesday making Colorado the first state to ensure farmers can fix their own tractors and combines with a “right to repair” law — which compels manufacturers to provide the necessary manuals, tools, parts and software.

  • Miscalculations, errors blamed for massive New Mexico blaze

    June 21, 2022 - 11:05 AM

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Forest Service employees made multiple miscalculations, used inaccurate models and underestimated how dry conditions were in the Southwest, causing a planned burn to reduce the threat of wildfires to explode into the largest blaze in New Mexico’s recorded history, the agency said Tuesday.

  • Gas blowout near Los Angeles leads to up to $1.8B settlement

    September 27, 2021 - 4:17 PM

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands of families sickened and forced from their Los Angeles homes after the nation’s largest-known natural gas leak have reached a settlement of up to $1.8 billion with a utility, attorneys said Monday.

  • Size of Oregon wildfire underscores vastness of the US West

    July 19, 2021 - 4:44 PM

    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The monstrous wildfire burning in Oregon has grown to a third the size of Rhode Island and spreads miles each day, but evacuations and property losses have been minimal compared with much smaller blazes in densely populated areas of California.

  • Native American lawmakers seek federal help on Montana bison

    April 27, 2021 - 4:31 PM

    BILLINGS, Mont. - Native American lawmakers in Montana on Tuesday called on the Biden administration to help craft a plan to reintroduce wild bison to the landscape in and around Glacier National Park and the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge.

  • Work starts in Montana on disputed Canada-US oil pipeline

    April 07, 2020 - 10:48 AM

    BILLINGS, Mont. - A Canadian company said Monday that it's started construction on the long-stalled Keystone XL oil sands pipeline across the U.S.-Canada border, despite calls from tribal leaders and environmentalists to delay the $8 billion project amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

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