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Category: Environment
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Straws, stir sticks and bags among first targets of countrywide plastics ban
By December 31, 2021, plastic straws, stir sticks, carry-out bags, cutlery, dishes and takeout containers and six-pack rings for cans and bottles will be banned across the country.
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Federal government probing ways to address COVID-19 impact on women
Statistics Canada reported this month that 1.5 million women lost jobs over March and April, a 17 per cent drop in employment from February levels.
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Metro Manila mayors sought another 15-day extension of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ)
MANILA – Malacañang on Monday said it will be more difficult to observe social distancing and other protocols against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) if more areas shift from enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to less-stringent general community quarantine (GCQ). Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this reaction four days before the ECQ being implemented in areas with high cases...
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Fort McMurray cleans up from flood on anniversary of 2016 wildfire evacuation
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — As residents of Fort McMurray continued to assess their flood-damaged homes and businesses and began the difficult task of cleaning them this weekend, they also marked the anniversary of the start of an evacuation that emptied the northern Alberta city four years ago. “It was evident on May 3, 2016 and it is evident today:...
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Ice jam that caused flooding, evacuation in Fort McMurray melting
The flooding comes as Fort McMurray is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and an economic downturn caused by crashing oil prices.
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Officials watching rivers as floods chase people out of downtown Fort McMurray
An ice jam, or ice dam, happens when chunks of ice clump together to block the flow of a river. A 25-kilometre ice jam caused major flooding in Fort McMurray communities near the river.
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Climate protesters shut down bridges in Canadian cities as part of global action
Protesters shut down a handful of bridges across Canada today as part of a global effort to push for more urgent action on climate change. Activists with a group dubbed Extinction Rebellion blocked traffic on bridges in Halifax, Toronto and Edmonton, with similar protests planned for Montreal and Vancouver later in the day. At Edmonton’s Walterdale Bridge, video shows a...
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Oceans, glaciers at increasing risk, including Canada’s: climate report
Damage to Earth’s oceans and glaciers from climate change is outpacing the ability of governments to protect them, a new report from an international scientific panel concludes. The report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says those changes are having direct impacts on human health — including in Canada. “It doesn’t matter where you live in...