Environment News

VANCOUVER — Another barge went adrift in Vancouver's English Bay, prompting a quick response from the Canadian Coast Guard. A spokeswoman for the agency says it received the report around 2:30 p.m.

OTTAWA — The Columbia River watershed in B.C. has been declared an infected area for whirling disease, a parasite that causes deformities in fish and has a high mortality rate.

Calgary’s much-maligned bylaw imposing restrictions and costs on single-use items is no more. City council voted 12-3 on Tuesday to ditch the rules following months of criticism from restaurants and consumers.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government has appointed a new committee to look into ways to speed up the reclamation of the large and growing tailings ponds in the province's oilsands.

ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) — Scientists studying the sperm whales that live around the Caribbean island of Dominica have described for the first time the basic elements of how they might be talking to each other, in an effort that could one day help bette

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court has cleared the way for utilities to finish building a high-voltage power line across a Mississippi River refuge.

OTTAWA — The federal government has agreed to prioritize environmental assessment for a chemical used in tire rubber that has been linked to the deaths of Pacific salmon.

CALGARY — The Alberta Energy Regulator has fined a Calgary-based junior oil and gas producer for failing to meet its fugitive emission and methane reporting requirements. The regulator says it began investigating Tallahassee Exploration Inc.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s Catalonia region will ease restrictions on water use for a wide area including Barcelona after recent rainfall palliated a prolonged drought , regional authorities said Tuesday.

Heat waves and poor air quality from wildfires pose extra challenges tochildren and youth who need more exercise outside and less time staring at screens, a new report says.