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

Warm temperatures could lead to slick road conditions: Environment Canada

People may have noticed they don't need to go far if they want to find warm weather this winter. The trend of warm temperatures seen over the last few days is set to continue for the next week and a h...

Jan 04, 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

Advocacy group calls for protection of Nesslin Lake Forest

A group that organized in the summer of 2019, the Nesslin Lake Forest Advocates are campaigning to put a temporary stop to clear-cut logging in the Nesslin forest, and are asking the government to tak...

Dec 17, 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

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