Tag Archives: Environment
Country singer Paul Brandt adds voice against proposed coal mines in Rockies
Another country music star from Alberta has voiced protest against proposed coal mines on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. Paul Brandt, who leads a committee on human trafficking set up by t...
Jan 14, 2021
Alberta musician Corb Lund comes out against proposed coal mines in Rocky Mountains
An Alberta musician is coming out against proposed coal mines for the province's Rocky Mountains. Corb Lund, who has sung around the world about cowboy culture and rural life for decades, has released...
Jan 13, 2021
Water Security Agency, municipalities caution travellers of thin ice
Due to continuing milder winter weather in Saskatchewan, the Water Security Agency (WSA) reissued an advisory to ensure the public checks ice thickness on waterbodies before walking, snowmobiling, or ...
Jan 08, 2021
SACPA presentation explores potential growth for Canada’s agri-food trade and export
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Canada is a major exporter of agricultural commodities, technology, equipment and food, but is there potential for growth and what countries are our main trading partners? Those quest...
Jan 08, 2021
Alberta government says no parks to close after partnerships found
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it won't be closing any provincial parks, whether it can find someone to run them or not. "I am grateful for the hard work of our parks partners and look forward...
Dec 22, 2020
Federal health minister asked to review Alberta's use of strychnine as wolf control
EDMONTON - Animal advocates have asked the federal health minister to review a decision that allows Alberta to keep using strychnine to poison wolves in an ongoing effort to preserve caribou herds. Wo...
Dec 18, 2020
Increased interest for real Christmas trees at Prince Albert National Park
The fifth annual Waskesiu Christmas Tree Harvest got underway last week at the Prince Albert National Park. They welcomed just under 200 guests during their opening week and was much busier than previ...
Dec 08, 2020
Environmental groups keep fighting KXL despite Biden's promise to block pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Critics of Canada's most controversial cross-border pipeline projects aren't taking their demise for granted under president-elect Joe Biden. A new report from the U.S.-based Rainfo...
Dec 08, 2020
Province’s targeted zones for testing for CWD include Meadow Lake area
With the hunting season gradually winding down, the province continues to ask hunters to have their elk, moose, mule deer, whitetail deer, and caribou tested for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). The las...
Dec 05, 2020
Muskoday woman named first female president of national body representing Aboriginal Firefighters
Just over two decades after joining the Muskoday Volunteer Fire Department, Michelle Vandevord can now lay claim to being elected the first female president of the Aboriginal Firefighters' Association...
Dec 02, 2020