Environment

Sask. student bloggers win summer intern contest

Saskatchewan is well represented among this year's Green Dream Bloggers, winners of the Forest Products Association of Canada's (FPAC) summer internship contest.Jace Timmer and Ty Edwards of Meadow La...

Jul 02, 2020

Northern wildfire evacuations need to improve: report

The authors of a new report are calling for a "made in the North approach" to wildfire evacuations. Looking at the experiences of Pelican Narrows residents who were evacuated during 2017 fires, the Un...

Jun 23, 2020

Alberta reinstating environmental monitoring in industry, oilpatch on July 15

EDMONTON - Alberta industries, including the oilpatch, will resume environmental monitoring and reporting in three weeks. The Alberta government and its energy regulator have each issued ord...

Jun 23, 2020

New online tick reporting tool seeing plenty of activity

A new online tick reporting tool has seen plenty of activity during its first season of availability in Saskatchewan.eTick - an online tick reporting website and app created by researchers at Bishop's...

Jun 19, 2020

Second rare grizzly bear spotted in Banff National Park by Calgary family

BANFF, Alta. - A second rare grizzly bear has been spotted in Banff National Park. Earlier this spring, an unusual white grizzly bear was revealed publicly after it was seen by a Banff family alo...

Jun 16, 2020

Wildfire near Prince Albert prompts rapid response

Crews with the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) were on the ground today, dealing with containment after a human-caused wildfire north west of Prince Albert yesterday. It sparked just west of ...

Jun 14, 2020

Alberta First Nations appeal suspension of environmental monitoring in oilpatch

EDMONTON - Three northern Alberta First Nations want to appeal the province's decision to suspend environmental monitoring in the oilpatch. The Mikisew Cree First Nation, the Fort McKay First Nat...

Jun 08, 2020

Twenty-nine of Canada's 48 national parks to reopen to day-use visitors June 1

More than half of Canada's national parks - including Banff in Alberta, Pacific Rim in British Columbia and Cape Breton Highlands in Nova Scotia - are to reopen June 1.According to the national parks ...

May 27, 2020

Province asking boaters to help battle invasive species

The provincial government wants those who are putting watercraft out on a lake or other water body to remember to perform certain tasks after they have finished up. "Every time you leave the water bod...

May 19, 2020

'Quite a surprise': Baltimore Orioles spotted out of range in La Ronge

A rare sight to see as far north as La Ronge, local residents have been surprised by the arrival of Baltimore Orioles in the area this year.La Ronge resident April Chiefcalf was observing the birds in...

May 19, 2020