Fish Habitat
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Coastal GasLink pipeline builder fined thousands over erosion and sediment control on B.C. projectA statement from the Environmental Assessment Office says more than 40 inspections have been carried out along the pipeline construction route since the project began in 2019.EnvironmentMay 9, 2022
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Splatsin First Nation speaks out against BC Hydro’s plan to decommission North Okanagan damThe Splatsin First Nation says the utility is not living up to its obligations under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.NewsSep 24, 2021
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Feds failing to protect key Fraser River spawning ground from off-road vehicles: BiologistsA DFO investigation confirmed off-road vehicles were damaging fish habitat in the Gill Bar area, but biologists and conservationists say officials have done nothing to stop it.EnvironmentAug 5, 2021
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Another Alberta coal project added to federal environmental assessment listThe federal environment minister says Montem Resource's proposed Tent Mountain project could harm fish and fish habitat through the release of the contaminant selenium.CanadaJun 29, 2021
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New Brunswick asking residents to prevent spread of invasive plant in waterwaysThe Department of Energy and Resource Development says Eurasian water milfoil forms dense mats of vegetation that displace native vegetation.EnvironmentApr 3, 2018
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Alberta government backs off plans to close popular fishing riversEnvironment Minister Shannon Phillips says she wasn't convinced the science was strong enough to ban angling on the Ram, Clearwater, Kakwa and North Saskatchewan rivers.EnvironmentFeb 22, 2018
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Kelowna’s greenway users advised of upcoming workThe high water levels have caused changes to Misison Creek which now require repair and refinement of the floodplain and fish habitat restoration work that was completed in 2016.NewsAug 17, 2017
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Bow River project in Calgary aims to supplement fish habitat lost in the June 2013 floodSevere bank erosion caused by the June 2013 flood forced the city to take measures to mitigate any further damage, which devastated the sensitive fish habitat.CanadaApr 17, 2017
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MiningWatch launches private prosecution against B.C. government and mining companyAn advocacy group has launched a private prosecution under the Fisheries Act against the B.C. government and a mining company over the disastrous consequences of the collapse of the Mount Polley tailings dam.EnvironmentOct 18, 2016
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Calgary’s Harvie Passage gets another makeoverThe notoriously deadly Harvie Passage on Calgary’s Bow River is under repair again, after safety measures previously installed there were washed out by the 2013 flood.ConsumerSep 6, 2016
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