Ottawa – From making everyday decisions to staying safe during extreme weather, it’s essential that Canadians have convenient, reliable access to weather information. For five years, Canadians have turned to the WeatherCAN application on their mobile devices to get trusted weather information directly from Environment and Climate Change Canada’s meteorologists. Environment and Climate Change Canada will launch a new version …
British Columbia – The Radium Hot Springs Aquacourt, located in Kootenay National Park, hosts more than 200,000 visitors each year. The hot mineral waters that flow from the ground have drawn people to this place since time immemorial. These hot springs were known and used, both recently and historically, by the Ktunaxa and Secwépemc people for their therapeutic properties. They …
Jasper – This week, some of the most visited places in Jasper National Park are reopening! Visitor experiences that have reopened since the Jasper Wildfire Complex required closing the entire park include: Miette Hot Springs, the Columbia Icefields, Sunwapta Falls, Pyramid Lake, Athabasca Falls, Old Fort Point and Lake Annette. Randy Boissonnault, as Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official …
Gatineau – Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, announced the designation of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes as an event of national historic significance under Parks Canada’s National Program of Historical Commemoration. In 1895, Black Baptist leaders in Halifax created three hockey teams – the Eurekas, the Jubilees, and the …
Ottawa – The Government of Canada is committed to protecting Canadians from all sources of pollution and to ensure a clean and safe environment for every generation. Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced a framework to protect the right to a healthy environment through the modernization and administration of the Canadian Environmental …
Thunder Bay – Indigenous peoples are at the forefront of the fight against biodiversity loss and climate change. Across the country, First Nations, Inuit, and Métis are on the ground managing land, water, and helping communities thrive while safeguarding the natural spaces we all depend on for current and future generations. Jaimee Gaunce, Executive Director of the First Nations National …
Gatineau – Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, issued the following statement as Canada and Norway conclude the ministerial consultation on the plastic pollution treaty on the margins of the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and ahead of the fifth and final negotiations of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) in the Republic of Korea later this year. …
Montréal – Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, announced the designation of Rufus Nathaniel Rockhead as a person of national historic significance under Parks Canada’s National Program of Historical Commemoration. After moving from Jamaica to Canada in 1916, Rockhead served in the First World War, worked as a railway porter, and became …
Montréal – Gender-based violence (GBV) has a profound cost on women, gender-diverse people, and communities across Canada. Understanding gender-based violence is a crucial step towards preventing the long-lasting negative health, social and economic consequences. Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Member of Parliament for Laurier—Sainte-Marie, on behalf of Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and …
Churchill – In 1768, two British scientists embarked on a journey to the Hudson’s Bay Company’s (HBC) Prince of Wales Fort, to observe a rare astronomical event the following year, the Transit of Venus. This collaboration between the HBC and the Royal Society, a British learned society for science, heralded four decades of Western scientific endeavours conducted out of what …
