Bob Weber
TorontoStar
Edmonton, AB, Canada
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UNESCO reaffirms threats to Wood Buffalo National Park; calls for action on oilsands
A United Nations body has affirmed earlier findings that Canada’s largest national park remains under environmental threats from dams, oilsands develo... → Read More
Research advances date for likely summer ice-free Arctic by a decade
New research has moved up the time by which the Arctic Ocean is predicted to be free of summer ice. → Read More
Identity, not ideology, key to Alberta political divide, survey suggests
EDMONTON - The internet memes starting meme-ing within days of Monday’s Alberta provincial election. → Read More
Boots on the ground, eyes in the sky: satellites increasingly used to fight wildfires
Eyes in the sky are becoming an increasingly important tool for boots on the ground when it comes to fighting wildfires, experts say, as data from a g... → Read More
Parks Canada plans major rewrite of more than 200 historic site plaques
EDMONTON - They’re affixed to old buildings where someone important used to live. Or they’re mounted on a rock overlooking somewhere where something o... → Read More
Environment a background issue in Alberta election but may play role, say observers
EDMONTON - Few governments have seen as many environmental dust-ups as Alberta’s United Conservatives in their four-year tenure. → Read More
Alberta regulator says Imperial Oil faces more water problems at Kearl oilsands mine
Imperial Oil is facing more wastewater problems at its Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta. → Read More
Municipalities asked Alberta’s United Conservatives to keep aerial wildfire fighters
EDMONTON - Alberta’s 2019 decision to cancel funding for an elite wildfire-fighting crew in 2019 came despite pleas to keep the Rapattack program from... → Read More
Firefighters question Alberta cuts to aerial attack teams as province battles blazes
EDMONTON - Former members of an elite Alberta wildfire-fighting crew say government budget cuts have left the province battling its current blazes sho... → Read More
Musician Corb Lund wants strong stance against coal mines in Alberta election
EDMONTON - As Albertans begin what could be a bitter and divisive provincial election campaign, one of the province’s most popular musicians wants to ... → Read More
Alberta’s United Conservative Party government releases ‘aspirational’ climate plan
Alberta’s United Conservative Party government released a climate plan Wednesday that it hopes will take the province to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 but offers few details, targets or new measures on how it would get there. → Read More
Regulator defends finding that Alberta’s largest earthquake was caused by oilpatch
EDMONTON - Alberta’s energy regulator has defended its finding that the province’s largest recorded earthquake was caused by oilpatch activity, saying... → Read More
Largest recorded Alberta earthquake not natural, from oilsands wastewater: study
EDMONTON - The largest recorded earthquake in Alberta’s history was not a natural event, but most likely caused by disposal of oilsands wastewater, ne... → Read More
Alberta information commissioner to investigate Kearl tailings leak notifications
EDMONTON - Alberta’s information commissioner has started an investigation into how the province’s energy regulator notified the public about tailings... → Read More
Alberta silence over oilsands spill 'worrisome', says Steven Guilbeault
Alberta's nine-month silence over two releases of toxic oilsands tailings water is "worrisome," says federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault. → Read More
Métis groups sign self-government deal
EDMONTON – Three Métis groups signed a deal Friday with the federal government that recognizes them as Indigenous governments, putting them on equal constitutional standing with First Nations an... → Read More
'On Native land' anthem lyrics nothing new for some First Nations people
Jason Bird chuckled when asked about the fuss that singer Jully Black has raised by changing a line in Canada's national anthem to "on native land. → Read More
Indigenous history class for lawyers justified and more common in Canada: experts
EDMONTON – As Alberta’s Law Society seeks to defend rules that require members to take a course on Indigenous issues, experts say such measures are common elsewhere in Canada and are well-... → Read More
Global ocean conservation conference in B.C. hopes to build on Montreal agreements
Federal politicians are expected to make a significant announcement on ocean protection during an international conference in Vancouver on how to take action on promises to protect the marine world made at recent global environment meetings. → Read More
Nearly one-quarter of trails in southern B.C., Alberta unmapped and unmanaged: study
New research has spelled out for the first time the gap between official lists of trails in the southern Rockies and the number of trails there actually are, suggesting effects from the growing number of backcountry users may be larger than suspected → Read More