4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (284+ words) Brandon 13° C, Cloudy with wind It has been forecast that temperatures will rise three degrees Celsius over the next two decades. Very alarming. Cities should offer free transit to all. This would prove to be a huge impact on carbon…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (179+ words) Brandon 21° C, Windy EDMONTON – Health Canada says it has approved the use of a birth control vaccine to be tested on free-roaming horses in Alberta. The provincial government has said wild horse populations in parts of Alberta have reached levels…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (126+ words) Brandon 16° C, Light rain with wind HALIFAX – Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a heavy rainfall warning for northern parts of Cape Breton Island. The national weather service says the area has a reduced ability to absorb rain. It’s…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1318+ words) Brandon 15° C, Clear Three years after the City of Brandon began hiking water rates to make up for years of inaction, residents are feeling the financial strain — and some say their high utility bills should be an election issue. Utility…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (184+ words) Brandon 21° C, Sunny MONTREAL – Teams of workers will be spreading sweet-smelling baits containing a rabies vaccine through Montreal’s parks in the coming weeks in the hopes of heading off an outbreak of the deadly disease. The provincial environment department said…...

3+ week, 9+ hour ago   (158+ words) Transboundary waters — rivers, lakes and aquifers residing in more than one country — are facing challenges due to climate change, with conflicts over these waters increasing. | Existing analyses of water conflict usually focus on basins in Africa and Asia, rather than…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (578+ words) Brandon 25° C, Cloudy with wind DUCK LAKE – It was 150 years ago when First Nations chiefs and dignitaries met at Fort Carlton, in the wilderness of what is now Saskatchewan, to carve out a lasting agreement on how to work and…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (433+ words) Brandon 15° C, Clear The Brandon environment and climate change committee is hoping the city will lead by example in Manitoba by adopting a minimum Tier 2 energy-performance target for municipal buildings. Coun. Kris Desjarlais (Ward 2) made the recommendation on behalf of…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (608+ words) Brandon 14° C, Clear The New York Times published a quite terrifying story on the U.S. electrical grid this week, pointing out that, with a few simple directed attacks on nine major U.S. substations, the entire U.S. power…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (401+ words) Brandon 17° C, Clear Another mill is shuttering in British Columbia, affecting about 400 workers in the industry that has taken repeated beatings from tariffs, global competition and a lack of fibre. Domtar announced Thursday the “indefinite idling” of its Howe Sound…...