Tag Archives: Environment

Exceptional weather leading to unpredictable winter commercial fishing season
Northern fishermen are facing uncertainty due to unpredictable weather. That's according to Air Ronge resident Gordon Stomp, who has been a commercial fishmen for decades. Meteorologists are calling f...
Nov 07, 2024

'It's a community issue': Shelter seeks community help to provide year-round support to vulnerable group
Meadow Lake Homeplate Shelter Coalition Corp. is seeking additional funding and more community volunteers to provide year-round support for vulnerable groups."It is a community issue, and not just a s...
Oct 24, 2024

How to photograph the northern lights with your phone
It's considered the Holy Grail of skywatching, and the only thing better than seeing the northern lights in real life is capturing your own mesmerizing photo of the atmospheric phenomenon. Scott Aspin...
Oct 07, 2024

Increased wood supply ups odds of success for new mill
One of the biggest benefits of oriented strand board mills is their ability to take remnant wood from other operations and turn what might be something considered defective and make a building product...
Sep 18, 2024

Wildlife rehabilitation non-profit hoping public goes 'Wild for Life'
From bats to bears, Healing Haven Wildlife Rescue in Dorintosh has helped rehabilitate and aid hundreds of sick, injured and orphaned animals in northwestern Saskatchewan, but now it's asking for the ...
Sep 13, 2024
Sask. set 13 new heat records on Sunday: Environment Canada
The scorching heat on Sunday toppled a number of heat records around Saskatchewan.Many of the records had been standing for more than four decades.According to preliminary figures from Environment Can...
Sep 09, 2024

Ground squirrels (not gophers) population risen this year
All over Saskatchewan during the summer, people have been complaining about the amount of gophers they've been seeing this year. Surprisingly, what you are seeing is likely not a gopher, but actually ...
Sep 06, 2024

You aren't dreaming: Wasps more aggressive now than ever
You may have noticed over the course of the last few weeks that wasps have a larger presence in your yard or at the park, and it's a trend that's being noticed across the Prairies. Right now, wasps ar...
Sep 05, 2024
PHOTOS: Northern lights dazzle across Saskatchewan
The northern lights were dazzling all across Saskatchewan this weekend.The lights, or aurora borealis, are caused when the Sun blasts charged particles (electrons and protons) into space, which is cal...
Sep 02, 2024

Elm tree pruning ban lifted
The annual ban on pruning elm trees ended on Saturday, allowing Saskatchewan residents to begin their seasonal pruning today.Elm bark beetles, which carry the fungus that causes DED, are most active b...
Sep 01, 2024