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Environmental groups criticize government walk-back on pollution impact assessment
May 02, 2024 - 2:26 PM
OTTAWA - Environmental groups say the Liberal government is giving up its authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions through proposed amendments to the federal Impact Assessment Act.
Singh noncommittal on keeping scheduled increases to Liberals' carbon price in place
April 22, 2024 - 3:23 PM
COQUITLAM, B.C. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is raising eyebrows anew over his carbon pricing stance, refusing to say Monday whether or not he would keep scheduled increases in place if he becomes prime minister.
Trudeau says he doesn't understand why NDP is pulling back from carbon price support
April 12, 2024 - 11:50 AM
OTTAWA - The New Democrats are facing political headwinds when it comes to carbon pricing, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged Friday, although he doesn't get why they seem to be having second thoughts.
B.C. container terminal operator calls its emissions data a 'trade secret'
April 08, 2024 - 3:44 PM
VANCOUVER - The B.C. company that operates Canada's largest container terminal is going to court against the federal government to keep five years of greenhouse-gas emissions data secret.
Premiers making 'political hay' out of carbon pricing increase, Trudeau says
April 02, 2024 - 12:27 AM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says premiers would rather complain and "make political hay" out of his federal carbon pricing program than present an alternative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Marine LNG jetty project in Delta, B.C., gets environmental assessment certificate
March 27, 2024 - 5:46 PM
DELTA, B.C. - British Columbia's Environment Ministry says a marine jetty project in the city of Delta to facilitate liquefied natural gas exports has been issued an environmental assessment certificate.
Lawsuit accuses B.C. gas utility of deceiving consumers over environmental impact
March 26, 2024 - 3:30 PM
VANCOUVER - An environmental group is suing British Columbia natural gas utility FortisBC, accusing it of "greenwashing" its product through advertising, making the company seem more environmentally friendly than it is.
B.C. funds project to extract minerals, metals while reducing environmental impacts
March 20, 2024 - 10:42 AM
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is funding a pilot project that it says offers the mining industry a path to significantly reduce the environmental impacts of extracting critical minerals.
B.C. to provide $80 million to help farmers cope with drought
March 18, 2024 - 4:12 PM
DELTA, B.C. - Rancher Werner Stump said spring is usually a "season of optimism" for farmers in British Columbia, but worries linger after unprecedented drought last year and another dry season looming.
Teck reports record copper production, awaits regulatory approval of Glencore deal
February 22, 2024 - 10:13 AM
Teck Resources Ltd. posted record copper production in the fourth quarter, in line with the company's long-term vision to produce more of the critical mineral while preparing to exit the coal business as soon as a blockbuster deal with Glencore takes effect.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the first week of May 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjone
From frost to drought: Strong start to Okanagan asparagus season despite challenges
It’s finally asparagus season at a North Okanagan farm after cooler spring weather pushed back the predicted start date, and all hands are on deck picking the crunchy green spears. For the past few weeks, overnight sub-zero temperatur
Thailand's prime minister wants to outlaw cannabis, 2 years after it was decriminalized
BANGKOK (AP) — The prime minister of Thailand, the first country in Asia to legalize cannabis two years ago, said Wednesday that he wants to outlaw the drug again amid concerns that the lack of regulation had made it available to children a
Ritz-Carlton looking to build luxury homes at Vernon’s Predator Ridge resort
Vernon’s Predator Ridge resort community is not only looking to build a gondola, the global luxury brand Ritz-Carlton is set to build vacation homes. Wesbild Holdings, the company that owns Predator Ridge, announced today, May 9, the
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Suspect behind bars after string of assaults in downtown Merritt
A man known to police is in custody following a string of violent incidents in Merritt’s downtown core Wednesd
May 10, 2024 8:39 AM
Kamloops home raided by heavily-armed officers in midst of gang conflict
Police searched another Kamloops home Thursday evening after heavily armed officers got access. It comes amid
May 10, 2024 8:25 AM
Closure of days spaces in Kamloops has homeless man organizing protest at city hall
Some members of Kamloops' homeless population are feeling fearful and angry after hearing about the closure of t
May 10, 2024 7:00 AM
iN PHOTOS: Sun rises behind plane spraying for invasive moth in Kamloops
A plane spraying a biological insecticide could be seen flying over Kamloops neighbourhoods at the break of dawn thi
May 10, 2024 6:00 AM
Rivers recede as BC faces prospect of 'unfamiliar territory' for drought
Parts of British Columbia will likely enter "unfamiliar territory" with drought if they see another hot, d
May 09, 2024 9:00 PM
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