Source Feed: Global News - Canada
Author: Joshua Gwozdz
Publication Date: November 6, 2024 - 17:33
1 in 3 Saskatchewan residents at risk of exposure to dangerous radon levels
November 6, 2024
Saskatchewan has often been flagged as an area with high radon concentrations. A new study estimates 1-in-3 residents live in homes with dangerous levels of the cancer-causing gas.
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The Canadian Coast Guard was out on the water Wednesday, assessing at least eight boats that ran aground onto beaches during the storm.
November 6, 2024 - 20:57 | Simon Little | Global News - Canada
Kerry Rowe came to Canada for work, but he stayed because of love. More precisely, because of Love Canal.In the late 1970s, Dr. Rowe was an Australian research engineer newly arrived at the University of Western Ontario for an academic stint. But just across the border, the Love Canal neighbourhood of Niagara Falls, N.Y., was found to be marinating in toxic chemicals from a nearby landfill site, touching off one of the worst environmental health emergencies in U.S. history.
November 6, 2024 - 20:49 | Ivan Semeniuk | The Globe and Mail
The Alberta government plans to rewrite and split its freedom of information and privacy law in two, the first major change to access legislation in the province since the early 2000s.The changes would make political staff exempt from access requests, amend timelines for requests and institute steep fines for privacy violations.The announcement was made on Wednesday by Nate Glubish, Technology and Innovation Minister, and Dale Nally, Minister of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction, who said the new legislation was in part a response to a call-to-action from Canada’s information...
November 6, 2024 - 20:41 | Tom Cardoso | The Globe and Mail
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