Environment

Below normal spring runoff expected across most of Sask.

A wide swath of the province can expect below normal runoff this spring.The Water Security Agency (WSA) has released the March spring runoff outlook.Areas including Melfort, Tisdale, Nipawin, Hudson B...

Mar 05, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Harvest stretching into early March for some Saskatchewan farmers

It's not common for harvest to stretch into early March, but large quantities of crops left in the field have motivated farmers to get out and combine.Todd Lewis, a farmer south of Regina and the pres...

Mar 04, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)

FSIN not surprised by Scheer’s ‘check their privilege’ comment

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) calls a recent comment by Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer disturbing and offensive but not surprising.On Friday, Scheer spoke to media at the pa...

Feb 19, 2020 Bobby Cameron, chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations. (CKOM)

P.A. and area not immune to radon issue

Saskatchewan has an issue with radon.A study published in Scientific Reports found Saskatchewan and Alberta have some of the highest reported levels of the gas in the world. The study was put together...

Feb 13, 2020 Diagram of how radon can enter a home. (Family Action Network)

Free fishing weekend coming up

The Family Day Long Weekend is coming up and those interested in dropping a line in one of the province's lakes can do so without a fishing licence. The free fishing event is from Feb. 15 to 17. Murra...

Feb 11, 2020 From Feb. 15-17 anyone who wants to fish on the province's lakes can do so without a fishing licence. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Gronlid man pleads guilty to wildlife trafficking charges

(submitted photo/Ministry of Environment)A Gronlid man recently pleaded guilty in Melfort Provincial Court to charges stemming from a lengthy wildlife trafficking investigation. Sixty-four-year-old Ra...

Feb 10, 2020 (submitted photo/Ministry of Environment)

Conservation officers seek public assistance involving poached moose near St. Brieux

A calf moose was shot from the roadway nearly seven miles east of St. Brieux.Humboldt conservation officers received information regarding the shot moose on Feb. 1 and discovered it shot and gutted wi...

Lisa Brady Feb 07, 2020 A calf moose was illegally hunted near St. Brieux on Feb. 1 (Sasktips/Facebook).

Let-Us Grow Hydroponics one year in Hudson Bay's former school

The old Stewart Hawke School in Hudson Bay is getting some good use.The town asked for bids for the building in late 2018, and in early 2019, they awarded it to 'Let-Us Grow Hydroponics'. The company ...

Feb 06, 2020 (Facebook/Let-Us Grow)

City council in Prince Albert, Sask., votes to give plastic bags the boot

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A city in northern Saskatchewan is believed to be the first in the province to have banned plastic checkout bagsPrince Albert city council passed a bylaw unanimously at a meetin...

Jan 28, 2020

North American bird population drops by three billion

The last 50 years have taken their toll on North American bird populations."We have lost a third of our bird population," Conservation Director with Nature Saskatchewan, Lorne Scott told paNOW.Scott e...

Jan 22, 2020 A turkey vulture. (submitted photo/Gary Houston)