Tag Archives: Environment
Climate change threatens extinction for most birds, especially in Canada: report
Climate change threatens extinction for two-thirds of bird species across North America, including almost all of those filling the forests and tundra of northern Canada, says an extensive report....
Oct 10, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)
Hangar expansion in La Ronge to improve aerial firefighting capacity
Environment Minister Dustin Duncan was at the La Ronge Airport on Thursday to celebrate the completion of a four-year, $14 million expansion of Wildfire Management's Aviation Operations hangar. With t...
Sep 26, 2019 There are a number of improvements to the wildfire aircraft hangar in La Ronge. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Area around the Battlefords, Meadow Lake targeted for CWD testing
Several wildlife management zones along the boreal forest in Saskatchewan are designated a priority by the province for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) testing. The Ministry of Environment and the Saska...
Sep 25, 2019 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
Special Feature: The people behind the quest for Fort à la Corne's diamonds
The first season of deep trench-cutting by Rio Tinto at Star Diamond Corporation's Star-Orion South Diamond Project in the Fort la Corne forest east of Prince Albert is reaching a conclusion. Ahead of...
Sep 17, 2019 George Reed with Star Diamond Corporation, left and Rio Tinto's Gary Hodgkinson in front of the star attraction at Project Falcon, the Trench Cutter Sampling Rig. (Ian Gustafson/paNOW Staff)
LLRIB launches scavenger hunt in effort to clean community
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) has come up with a creative solution to encourage members to keep the community clean.A scavenger hunt began Monday with a $300 top prize for the first person to m...
Sep 17, 2019 First prize for the scavenger hunt is $300, second is $200 and third is $100. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Montreal Lake students assist biologists with fish study
There's something fishy going on with the lake trout population at Kingsmere Lake, and biologists have been working hard to get to the bottom of it with some help from students at Senator Allen Bird M...
Sep 09, 2019 Over a dozen students from Senator Allen Memorial Bird School at Montreal Lake went on a special field trip last Friday. (submitted photo/Rae Kingdon)
‘Event of the summer’ says researcher on Meadow Lake Provincial Park tornadoes
For David Sills, the weather system that tore through part of Meadow Lake Provincial Park over the Canada Day long weekend was the event of the summer for tornadoes.The executive director with the Nor...
Aug 27, 2019 Drone imagery from the Northern Tornadoes Project shows uprooted and downed trees after a storm tore through Meadow Lake Provincial Park on June 29. (supplied/Northern Tornadoes Project)
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)
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)