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We need to make big changes to prepare for climate change—Re.Climate’s new PREPARE framework can help. October 7th 2026 12 p.m.-1:15 p.m. ET REGISTER NOW Over the last two years, Re.Climate has worked with ClimateWest, the regional hub for climate services in the Prairies, and SevGen Consulting Inc., an Indigenous-owned consulting firm, on the Climate Ready Prairies project, developing …
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Rachael Chaisson and Rita McKeough at the SAAG Acadia in Lethbridge (https://www.saag.ca/current/asterisms-water-ways) The Southern Alberta Art Gallery has opened an exhibition entitled Asterisms: Water Ways (link). Artist Rachael Chaisson provides an emotive experience of ephemeral wetlands on the Prairie Pothole Region using sound, video and interactive sculpture. Her remarks have highlighted the current threats to…
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Jenny Kwan, Vancouver-East (Petition e-7550) Whereas: We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to: 1. Cease all incentives, subsidies, and permit accelerations for AI data centres; 2. Revoke permits and supports for AI data centre projects that have not been rigorously and transparently vetted by the local community; 3. Commission a…
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The Clean Air Strategic Alliance was a collaborative multistakeholder organization established in March 1994 by the Government of Alberta to help manage air quality issues in Alberta. CASA was made up of representatives selected by industry, government, indigenous and non-government organizations who worked together collaboratively to advance air quality management priorities. CASA’s vision was that “the…
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Lorne Fitch is a Professional Biologist, a retired Fish and Wildlife Biologist and a former Adjunct Professor with the University of Calgary. He is the author ofStreams of Consequence, Travels Up the Creek, and Conservation Confidential. I’m not an economist and I suspect those making decisions on development proposals with broader implications aren’t either. One…
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IJC International St. Mary and Milk Rivers Study Board Final Draft Report (click … here) Background: The Milk River is naturally a much smaller river than the St. Mary River. Mean annual natural flow in the Milk River at Eastern Crossing is 108,000 acre-feet (1912-2022). (MRWC SOW) amounting to 15 percent of the mean annual…
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Fitch, L & Mee, J. (2026). Analysis of Selenium Tissue Concentrations in Multiple Fish Species of the Oldman River. In brief, thirty-eight fish from five species (and representative of the fish assemblage of the Oldman River downstream of the Oldman dam) were analyzed for selenium concentrations in muscle tissue. The sample size of fish was…
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From Save Our Slopes: The Defenders of the Eastern Slopes, Timberwolf Wilderness Society, CPAWS Southern Alberta, and thousands of Albertans have all played a role in delaying the proposed clearcut of the Upper Highwood and Loomis Creek watershed. Logging practices across Alberta’s Eastern Slopes have been shown to negatively affect native trout populations. The Alberta Wilderness…
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Joint letter from the Alberta Wilderness Association, Alberta Native Plant Council, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Southern Alberta, and the Southern Alberta Group for the Environment to preserve native grasslands and biodiversity in the region. From the letter sent to the Municipal District of Taber Council: We are writing to express our concerns for the…
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Public Meeting: August 6, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. MDT – Excite Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta (101 Exhibition Wy S, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4R3) On behalf of the International St. Mary and Milk Rivers Study Board, please visit the following webpage announcing the Public Comment Period for the ISMMR Study Board Final Draft Report and Recommendations: https://ijc.org/en/smmr/final-draft-report-comment. The report…