fisheries

The world may find our prime minister all the rage, but it’s scientists who are in vogue. And a leading one makes a compelling case against changing environmental goals

A sober second thought on the ‘eco-babble’ about the mine-waste leak at Mount Polley, B.C. affecting what may be a record-breaking salmon run

Fancy some Manitoba cod? How about Saskatchewan salmon?

Aquatron laboratory will test cleanliness of ballast water

The council isn’t impressed with the withdrawal of government funding for the Experimental Lakes Area.

Though the Conservatives rejected similar entreaties by the NDP last month, the Liberals hope the prospect of several hundred votes will now convince the government to spit the budget bill. Specifically, the Liberals want the following removed from C-38.

More news of weekend protests in Truro, Oakville, St. John’s, Nanaimo, Owen Sound, Swift Current, Kenora, Ladner,  Coquitlam and Cobourg. The United Steelworkers, the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario and Grand Chief Stewart Phillip and the legal director of the University of Victoria’s Environmental Law Clinic register their concerns. And Conservative MP Dan Albas tries to explain C-38 to his constituents.

Postmedia obtains documents that suggest the environmental assessment duplication that the budget bill is supposed to prevent is already being addressed.

Scientists are upset that the Experimental Lakes Area program will be cut. The benefits for RCMP officers will change. Lower Fort Garry will lose costumed interpreters. Funding for regional development groups in Atlantic Canada will be eliminated. Scientists within the Department of Fisheries might be laid off.

The government is eliminating 42 jobs with the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

The Privy Council Office bars a salmon researcher from speaking with reporters.

The intrepid reporters at the Globe have the audio.