Boaters want more facilities Anchors away, and the public should help pay. More than three-quarters of Central Okanagan residents believe local governments should put more money into marine facilities, according to results of a new survey. 8/19/2008 3:29:47 PM

Arctic grazers unlikely climate-change culprits Two of Canada's iconic Arctic species - their habitats already threatened by rising temperatures and changing ice conditions - could soon be transformed from victims of global warming into unwitting climate-change culprits. 8/19/2008 2:30:49 PM

Mutated fish alarms delegates at northern Alta. water gathering Days before a conference on water quality began in Fort Chipewyan, Alta., last week, residents say a strange fish with two mouths was found at the nearby lake. The lake is downstream from oilsands development in Fort McMurray. 8/19/2008 6:53:41 AM

Summerland: Helicopter noise upsets neighbours Opinion is divided on noise associated with the helicopter wine tours initiated this weekend by Hijas Bonitas Winery in Summerland. Thursday marked the inauguration of the first Okanagan helicopter wine tour. 8/19/2008 5:54:11 AM

Cyclists demand more SkyTrain access As rising gas prices make commuting by car more expensive, more people are turning to two wheels to get to work, and that means more people wanting to take their bikes on public transit. 8/19/2008 5:48:56 AM

3 Green groups quit oil sands forum Three groups have quit a government-sponsored forum for assessing environmental costs in the oil sands, a move that undercuts government efforts to burnish the image of the massive developments in U.S. markets. 8/18/2008 7:51:55 PM

Sanitation focus of World Water Week As the world races to find solutions to the planet's climate woes, 2,500 experts meet in Stockholm this week to put the spotlight on one of the most pressing issues, that of water resources, at World Water Week. 8/18/2008 6:41:24 PM

Canada faces challenge as keeper of the Passage At an unknown place in northern Canada, somewhere just beyond mainland Nunavut and west of King William Island, the mythic roots of Canada's identity as an Arctic nation and its dreams as an aspiring circumpolar power intersect in the frigid waters of Victoria Strait. 8/18/2008 6:36:47 PM

Arctic pipeline could threaten wildlife: Report The Harper government has been warned that the ecological "footprint" of the proposed Mackenzie Valley pipeline on an Arctic bird sanctuary that protects migratory birds and at-risk species such as polar bears could exceed the threshold deemed acceptable by Environment Canada. 8/18/2008 5:45:35 PM

Juergen Hansen: Dahlias in full bloom One of my most memorable gardening events ever was the sight of uncle Herman arriving at my grandparents’ summer home with arms full of dahlias. He seemed to have an everlasting supply of many different varieties in a wide range of colours, right there at the shores of the Baltic Sea. Yet when we visited his garden, his dahlia plot was really quite small. 8/18/2008 9:28:07 AM

Wind power brings prosperity, resentment John Yancey knows the windmills on his property have been largely embraced by his community in northern New York. But he hates them. He says they disrupt his sleep, invade his house, his consciousness. 8/17/2008 9:29:52 AM

Weather woes squeeze lemon juice supplies Poor weather in growing regions has tightened the supply of citrus used for lemon juice, forcing consumers and restaurateurs to do without. According to Sunkist supplies of lemons are down around the globe by about 25 per cent. 8/17/2008 8:55:14 AM

60 years of zero-emission trolleys in Vancouver Vancouver celebrated the 60th anniversary of its trademark trolley buses with a parade of the buses that have transported Vancouverites over the past half-century. 8/17/2008 8:35:52 AM

Keremeos/Cawston: Wineries take root in region When the Heinecke family moved to Canada from Germany in 1998 and purchased the three-year-old Crowsnest Vineyards in Cawston, they were only one of two wineries in the Similkameen Valley. 8/17/2008 6:00:55 AM

Green roof boasts host of eco pros With the completion next spring of the new convention centre in Vancouver's Coal Harbour, there will be a few blocks of new parkland added to the city -- but they're strictly for the birds and the bees. 8/17/2008 5:44:00 AM

Naked people pose on Swiss glacier Hundreds of naked people formed a “living sculpture” on Switzerland’s Aletsch glacier Saturday, hoping to raise awareness about climate change. The photo shoot was by Spencer Tunick, the New York artist famous for his pictures of nude gatherings in public settings worldwide. 8/16/2008 11:27:39 PM

High Arctic surveillance study hampered by strong winds A 10-person team with National Defence is on Devon Island, trying to install land-based sensors there and underwater listening devices stretching out into Barrow Strait, as part of its four-year Northern Watch pilot research project. 8/16/2008 3:52:03 PM

Electric bikes provide greener commute When Honora Wolfe and her husband moved to the outskirts of Boulder, Colorado, she wanted an environmentally friendly way to commute to her job as a bookshop owner in the city. 8/16/2008 5:43:52 AM

Williams lambastes PM over 'laughable' carbon tax comments Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams on Friday chuckled off warnings that Prime Minister Stephen Harper made on how the federal Liberal environmental platform could wreck the province's offshore oil industry. 8/15/2008 1:43:31 PM