Environment

Brazil, Bolivia assessing needs after Canada offers $15M aid for Amazon fires

OTTAWA - A Canadian official says Brazil and other Amazon-basin countries are considering Canada's offer of $15 million and equipment to help fight the fires destroying the South American rainforest. ...

Aug 27, 2019

Is federal carbon tax killing jobs? Experts say answer isn’t ‘black and white’

farmREGINA - The Saskatchewan government says the federal carbon tax is killing jobs, but experts and even the province's trade minister say it's not that easy to calculate.The government reports that...

Aug 25, 2019 Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe (file photo/CP)

Forest fires can contribute to depletion of soil carbon, increase global climate: UofS study

A new study on how forest fires contribute to depleting soil carbon in the boreal forest was published in the prestigious Nature scientific journal.The research team included University of Saskatchewa...

Aug 23, 2019 2014 was the largest fire season in N.W.T. history (File photo/battlefordsNOW).

Nearly two months out, clean up continues at Meadow Lake Provincial Park

Nearly two months after two tornadoes struck Meadow Lake Provincial Park, work continues to recover from the damage.Three people were transported to hospital with non-life threatening injuries followi...

Aug 23, 2019 Drone imagery following the storm that hit Meadow Lake Provincial Park from the Northern Tornadoes Project. (Northern Tornadoes Project)

Feds asked to step up support to address deer killing disease

The federal government has been called upon to take a serious look at a wildlife disease, responsible for killing 300 deer last year in Saskatchewan.In a letter sent to the Prime Minister's office as ...

Aug 20, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)

Pipeline rupture sends 40,000 litres of oil into Alberta creek

DRAYTON VALLEY, Alta. - The Alberta Energy Regulator says a pipeline has spilled 40,000 litres of crude oil into a creek.The regulator says on its website that the incident happened Thursday on a Bont...

Aug 19, 2019 (File Photo/ The Canadian Press)

Magnitude 4.1 earthquake strikes Esterhazy area

It wasn't the end to the peaceful family evening Grant Moore was expecting.His house shook and chairs rocked as an earthquake hit the Esterhazy area Thursday night.It was confirmed by the United State...

Aug 16, 2019 A map from the U.S. Geological Survey shows the area where an earthquake was recorded near Esterhazy on Aug. 15, 2019. (Submitted photo/ CJME News)

Provincial Parks offer Saskatchewan Survivor Series courses

Those looking for more survival skill knowledge for the Saskatchewan backcountry would benefit from a course offered by the provincial parks.The Saskatchewan Survivor Series will be offering courses o...

Jul 24, 2019 Saskatchewan Provincial Parks are offering educational courses to the public this summer (Submitted Photograph/Government of Saskatchewan)

A floral predicament: Saskatchewan residents encouraged to avoid picking wildflowers

Summertime in Saskatchewan, everything is green and growing.With all the lush and vibrant wildflowers growing in provincial green spaces and ditches, who can be blamed for wanting to pick a floral cen...

Jul 23, 2019 The Western red lily is a protected flower under the Provincial Emblems and Honours Act. (Ronald Quaroni/paNOW Staff)

Mercury tops out on top of the world: Alert, Nunavut, warmer than Victoria

Weather watchers are focused on the world's most northerly community which has been experiencing some record-breaking heat. Canadian Forces Station Alert recorded a temperature of 20 C on Su...

Jul 15, 2019