Canada

B.C. drought: ‘If you’re using water you don’t need right now, it’s cutting into your food security’B.C. drought: ‘If you’re using water you don’t need right now, it’s cutting into your food security’

B.C. drought: ‘If you’re using water you don’t need right now, it’s cutting into your food security’

Photo: Amid a B.C.-wide drought, two corn plants in an Abbotsford field struggle to survive. Farmers face crop loss, feed…

2 years ago
Canada oil sands leak heightens First Nations’ calls to clean up tailingsCanada oil sands leak heightens First Nations’ calls to clean up tailings

Canada oil sands leak heightens First Nations’ calls to clean up tailings

Photo: Demonstrators rally against Imperial Oil’s ongoing tailings pond leak, in Ottawa By Nia Williams (Reuters) - In early February,…

2 years ago
Indigenous conservation could help Canada meet land and water protection targetsIndigenous conservation could help Canada meet land and water protection targets

Indigenous conservation could help Canada meet land and water protection targets

Photo: The Seal River Watershed in northwest Manitoba is roughly the size of Nova Scotia, and is untouched wilderness. The…

2 years ago
$8B settlement between First Nations, feds in clean water class action$8B settlement between First Nations, feds in clean water class action

$8B settlement between First Nations, feds in clean water class action

Photo: Two class actions over lack of clean water in First Nations were filed in 2019 and then combined in…

3 years ago
First Clip: Ellen Page’s New Documentary About Environmental RacismFirst Clip: Ellen Page’s New Documentary About Environmental Racism

First Clip: Ellen Page’s New Documentary About Environmental Racism

In There’s Something In the Water, a new documentary premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival this weekend, co-directors and…

6 years ago