Canada
After a record year, Norway’s giant oil fund pledges to push sustainable energy
STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — The manager of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund pledged Tuesday to push major oil and gas companies to...
Contamination from old Alberta Rockies coal mines raises cleanup questions
EDMONTON — A former coal mine in the Alberta Rockies is releasing a contaminant toxic to fish at rates more than dozens of...
A timeline of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion’s major milestones and setbacks
CALGARY — The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is facing delay yet again, as the company responsible for building the project reported Monday it...
Enbridge to cut 650 jobs due to ‘increasingly challenging’ business conditions
CALGARY — Pipeline giant Enbridge Inc. is cutting its workforce by 650 positions due to what it calls “increasingly challenging business conditions.” Enbridge...
Western monarch butterflies overwintering in California dropped by 30% last year, researchers say
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The number of western monarch butterflies overwintering in California dropped by 30% last year, likely due to how wet...
B.C. population to hit 7.9 million by 2046, as growth rate soars: report
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s population is projected to reach 7.9 million by 2046 according to official projections and statistics that suggest the province...
‘Pandemic of snow’ in Anchorage sets a record for the earliest arrival of 100 inches of snow
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Even by Alaska standards, there is a lot of snow this winter. So much snow has fallen — so...
Protesting farmers have France’s government in a bind
PARIS (AP) — Farmers have captured France’s attention by showering government offices with manure and besieging Paris with traffic-snarling barricades of tractors and...
Residents of an east Arkansas town have been without water for the past two weeks
HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. (AP) — Residents of an east Arkansas town have been without running water for the past two weeks after the...
Air quality alert cancelled after fire at Alberta oil site brought under control
MANNVILLE, Alta. — An air quality alert issued for an area east of Edmonton due to a fire at an oil lease site...
