Tag Archives: Environment
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
Province looking for more hunters to get their kills tested for CWD
Saskatchewan's Ministry of Environment is encouraging more hunters to send in the heads of cervid species for chronic wasting disease (CWD) testing.The program has been running for years in the provin...
Dec 01, 2020
Expert says consider safety first when planning ice fishing outings in Saskatchewan this season
NORTH BATTLEFORD - It’s still early in the season but with temperatures dipping below freezing across Saskatchewan it’s a good opportunity for anglers to gather their insulated apparel and...
Nov 26, 2020
Expert says consider safety first when planning ice fishing outings in Saskatchewan this season
It's still early in the season but with temperatures dipping below freezing across Saskatchewan it's a good opportunity for anglers to gather their insulated apparel and start planning their ice fishi...
Nov 26, 2020
Fossil fuels to decline but remain big player in Canada's energy use by 2050: report
OTTAWA - The Canada Energy Regulator says reaching net-zero emissions over the next 30 years will to require a much more aggressive transition away from oil and gas.The annual Energy Futures report re...
Nov 24, 2020
Parks Canada plans first captive breeding program for Jasper National Park caribou
EDMONTON - Caribou herds in Canada's Rocky Mountains are now so precarious that Parks Canada is preparing a plan to round up females from nearly vanished herds and pen them in a captive breeding progr...
Nov 02, 2020