Earth Hour

• Manitobans urged to flick the switch for Earth Hour

  Earth Hour will be observed on March 23, from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., and the Manitoba government is urging Manitobans to turn off their lights to acknowledge the climate crisis.

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  Mar 23, 2024
  
• A 4-year-old New Brunswick boy’s mission to protect the planet, one garbage bag at a time

  Loïck, a four-year-old from Charlo, N.B., is hoping to collect 1,000 bags of garbage over the next year to help protect the environment. He's hoping others will help.

  Environment

  Mar 29, 2021
  
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• BC Hydro says due to poor turnout, it’s no longer tracking Earth Hour

  BC Hydro says there was a 0.2 per cent increase in the amount of people to use electricity in 2018 over Earth Hour.

  Mar 31, 2019
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• Landmarks around the world go dark to mark Earth Hour

  The Earth Hour gesture calls for greater awareness and more sparing use of resources, especially fossil fuels that produce carbon gases and lead to global warming.

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  Mar 30, 2019
• Turn off the lights: Calgary wants you to power down, unplug for Earth Hour on Saturday

  Earth Hour runs from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday.

  Environment

  Mar 30, 2019
• Hamilton city buildings to power down for Earth Hour

  The city says it will turn off all non-essential lighting in corporate facilities between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Saturday for Earth Hour.

  Environment

  Mar 30, 2019
• Earth Hour 2019: Turning off lights won’t save the planet but these ‘green’ actions will

  Tweaking your lifestyle and supporting carbon tax initiatives will have a much "greener" impact than turning off the lights for one hour, experts say.

  World

  Mar 29, 2019
• Quiet ‘Earth Hour’ passes in London

  Cities around the world went dark for an hour Saturday night, a symbolic call to address climate change. Unlike past years, the lights stayed on in London.

  Environment

  Mar 26, 2018
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• Landmarks around the world go dark for Earth Hour 2018

  In Paris, the Eiffel Tower went dark. In London, a kaleidoscope of famous sites switched off their lights - Tower Bridge, Big Ben, Piccadilly Circus, the London Eye.

  Environment

  Mar 24, 2018
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• BC Hydro report suggests Earth Hour participation on the decline, but conservationists aren’t buying it

  The reports says the amount of energy being saved during the event every year is dropping, but the World Wildlife Fund says that's not what matters.

  Environment

  Mar 23, 2018