Environment

VICTORIA — British Columbia is taking steps to protect big game animals that survived summer wildfires in the southeastern part of the province.

CALGARY — The Carbon Tracker Initiative says about 100 of the world's refineries may be forced to shut down in the next 18 years due to shrinking fuel demand as carbon emissions reduction policies are implemented.

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government will decide the future of the Site C hydroelectric dam by the end of the year after an independent review concluded the $8.3 billion megaproject is over budget and behind schedule.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotians should be concerned that the provincial government does not monitor many industrial projects to ensure they comply with their environmental terms, Auditor General Michael Pickup says.

EDMONTON — The Canadian prairies top a newly developed index of places where wildfires could create freshwater supply risks.

CALGARY — Adam Turnbull has been catching fish in the South Saskatchewan River for 17 years and had never seen anything like it. Turnbull, 28, was reeling in a northern pike near his home in Medicine Hat, Alta.

OTTAWA — Northwest Territories Premier Robert McLeod says it is offensive and patronizing for southern Canadians to tell northerners they can't benefit from oil and gas development because it's time to save the planet.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada is due to release a decision Thursday in a case that hinges on freedom of religion and how Indigenous spirituality should be protected under the Charter of Rights.

VANCOUVER — A former official with an international humanitarian group is the new chief executive officer of the David Suzuki Foundation.

HALIFAX — An innovative device that cleans trash from the surface of the ocean has been installed at a yacht club in Halifax.