CALGARY Ahead of the 2021 tourist season in Waterton Lakes National Park, the federal government has announced a combined $8.7 million in funding to improve two campgrounds within the park. On Thursday, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson made the financial commitment to help rebuild the Crandell Mountain Campground devastated by the 2017 Kenow wildfire and renovate the townsite campground. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance and health benefits of spending time outdoors, said Wilkinson in a statement released Thursday. With the Townsite Campground fully open, there are now more opportunities for Canadians to do so safely in Waterton Lakes National Park.
Animal rights activists outraged as cormorant cull proceeds in Ontario
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Parks Canada is currently conducting a cull of the double-crested cormorant on Middle Island in Point Pelee National Park in an effort to reduce the population of the migratory bird, but one animal rights group says this practice is cruel and unnecessary especially amid a provincial stay-at-home order and on World Migratory Bird Day.
The cull began on May 6 and is expected to continue until mid-May, and Parks Canada says it s necessary as the species is considered hyperabundant and has caused significant and potentially irreversible damage to the island s native vegetation communities.
May 6, 2021 · 0 Comments
By ROB PAUL
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The federal government announced Monday that they will be getting involved and leading the environmental assessment of the proposed GTA West Corridor, a.k.a. Highway 413.
One of the most polarizing actions by Ontario Premier Doug Ford was the decision to revive and move forward with Highway 413.
The highway, if built, is set to run through Caledon, Vaughan, Brampton, and Halton Hills.
Originally proposed in 2003, but cancelled by the Liberal government in February 2018, the Ford government brought it back in November 2018 and have since received criticism from environmental groups and opposition from municipalities along the route.
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Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson, left to right, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Catherine McKenna hold a press conference at the Ornamental Gardens in Ottawa on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick April 27, 2021 - 11:43 AM
OTTAWA - Canada s environment minister has proposed changes to the bill that would make the federal government more accountable as it strives to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
The proposed legislation was introduced last fall, but has been at the second-reading stage in the House of Commons, where the minority Liberal government generally needs the support of at least one major opposition party to get bills passed.