Commonwealth Recreation Centre becomes latest City of Edmonton building with solar installation
The solar installation at the Commonwealth rec centre has 1,128 panels that the city said cover an area of 40,760 square feet.
Environment
Mar 12
Solar project a threat to pronghorn migration: Alberta wildlife group
The Alberta Wilderness Association is calling on the Alberta government to put a stop to a large solar project being built in the Medicine Hat area.
Environment
Mar 25
Okanagan College campus life expected to get much livelier with new student housing
The number of students living on campus at Okanagan College in Kelowna will more than double at the start of next fall, due to new developments.
Canada
Mar 27
New Brunswick dairy farm offsets electric bill with solar power
A farm in southern New Brunswick has installed a solar farm which has offset the cost of there entire electricity bill amid soaring costs.
Environment
Mar 18
How to safely watch a total solar eclipse at home
Everything you need to know about watching the eclipse at home, plus some learning tools for younger kids.
The Curator
Mar 15
New Brunswick volunteers build flying telescope to see total eclipse above the clouds
A retired medical physicist has led a group of volunteers to build a sun-tracking telescope that will be hoisted aloft by a weather balloon on the afternoon of April 8.
Science
Mar 10
Total solar eclipse is driving travel demand to these Canadian cities: Airbnb
Interest in travelling to Canadian cities and towns along the path of the total solar eclipse is skyrocketing ahead of the rare celestial event on April 8.
Canada
Mar 5
N.B. scientist to launch balloon with cameras to track total solar eclipse
A retired New Brunswick physicist plans to launch a high-altitude balloon to capture images of a total solar eclipse that is expected to happen on April 8.
Canada
Mar 11
N.B. students shoot for the stars with province’s first-ever satellite slated to launch
The work of hundreds of New Brunswick students will soon come to fruition, as a satellite they built and designed is slated to launch into space in the coming weeks.
Science
Mar 12
Emergency planning part of Kingston’s total solar eclipse prep: ‘This is the big one’
Officials in Kington, Ont., expect the solar eclipse on April 8 could lead to traffic jams lasting four hours if things go well, or gridlock lasting up to 15 hours if they don't.
Canada
Mar 22
Power market headed for shakeup as Alberta commits to restructuring by 2027
Alberta's electricity market is headed for a shakeup and some industry players fear a lengthy period of uncertainty could scare away much-needed investment in power generation.
Consumer
Mar 12
B.C. puts up $80M to help drought-stricken farmers
Unprecedented drought in British Columbia last year has prompted the provincial government to invest $80 million to help manage, collect and store water for crops and livestock.
Weather
Mar 18
New Toronto school child care centres face uncertainty amid cost concerns
Toronto school boards are calling on the province of Ontario for more funding to build new child care facilities in schools across the city.
Politics
Mar 1
Kitchener to build new indoor recreation facility in RBJ Schlegel Park
The new rec centre will include a FIFA-sized indoor turf field which can be broken into separate fields to allow for four activities to take place at once.
Canada
Mar 21
Demand is soaring for prefab homes. So why isn’t Canada seeing rapid growth?
Developers of prefab housing say they are getting thousands of queries about factory-built homes. So why is the supply unable to match up?
Canada
Mar 9
Alberta government announces new rules for renewables projects as moratorium ends
The industry was caught off guard last August by the UCP government's move to impose a temporary moratorium on new wind and solar approvals.
Politics
Feb 28
In B.C.’s forests, a debate over watershed science with lives and billions at stake
In B.C., a forest-harvest plan is raising hard questions and charged debate about the effects of logging on forest hydrology and flooding.
Environment
Mar 17
Carbon price increase is ‘inhumane,’ Alberta premier tells committee
Premiers Danielle Smith and Blaine Higgs made their cases against the carbon price at a House of Commons committee ahead of the April 1 increase.
Politics
Mar 28
Get ready for camping season with Amazon’s Big Spring Sale
Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is filled with some great outdoor deals. There is something on this list for everyone, from the casual camper to the off-the-grid explorers.
The Curator
Mar 20
Rising water: Quebec lender ending new mortgages in flood zones ‘just the beginning’
Desjardins Group announced it would no longer offer new mortgages for properties in "0-20 year" flood zones because of what it called the rising impact of climate change.
Canada
Mar 10