Environment

MONTREAL — Canada is well-positioned to transition to a low-carbon economy as wind and solar projects will be the focus of energy investments over the next two decades, a national wind energy conference was told.

NIPAWIN, Sask. — An 80-year-old farmer from Nipawin, Sask., says he had no choice but to kill two black bears after he caught one breaking into his house.

REGINA — The International Carbon Capture and Storage Centre is holding a global symposium in Regina to show off the technology that captures waste carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels and buries it underground.

OTTAWA — Canada will continue to produce oil and ship it across the country whether or not new pipelines are built, says the minister of natural resources says.

VANCOUVER — As British Columbia's worst-ever wildfire season winds down, provincial inmates are being recognized for their help in the supporting the fire-fighting effort.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's opposition New Democrats presented a petition and a bill in the legislature Tuesday calling on the Liberal government to ban tire burning in the province.

HALIFAX — A 600-kilogram great white shark who enthralled Nova Scotians for months as he cruised East Coast waters appears to be ending his northern sojourn and heading south. A group tracking the 3.

KIMBERLEY, B.C. — The mayor of Kimberley says killing urban deer is no longer an option in the southeastern British Columbia city and councillors will instead consider relocating the animals.

OTTAWA — Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr is adding cabinet weight to a lobbying effort against proposed U.S. budget cuts to the popular and effective Energy Star program. If the U.S.

VANCOUVER — Several First Nations, municipalities and environmental groups that are opposed to the approval process of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in British Columbia will be arguing their position in the Federal Court of Appeal over the ne