Environment

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)

Air Ronge, La Ronge on list for flood mapping project

With flooding being Canada's most costly and frequent natural disaster, the federal and provincial governments have announced more than $1 million for flood mapping in 21 communities in Saskatchewan i...

Aug 14, 2019 The flood mapping will include light and radar data. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

'It's like night and day': Chanterelle buyer impressed by 2019 crop

Mushroom season is in full swing as chanterelles are experiencing a healthy bloom.That's according to Keewatin Community Development Association CEO Randy Johns, who said chanterelles are big and plen...

Aug 07, 2019 Chanterelles are growing well this year in the region. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Backcountry toilet focus of Barker Island fundraiser

Whitewater enthusiasts travelling to the Barker Lake area are creating an environmental mess by leaving the forest littered with human waste. The situation in the region has gotten so bad Churchill Ri...

Aug 02, 2019 Barker Island is located just outside of the Lac La Ronge Provincial Park. (submitted photo/Ric Driediger)

Therapy garden featured at Stony Rapids women's shelter

The new women's shelter set to open in Stony Rapids this September will include a therapy garden for clients. "We've had a lot of great success with our gardening projects and they've really had a goo...

Jul 30, 2019 This therapy garden is located at the soon-to-open women's shelter in Stony Rapids. (submitted photo/Pamela Huerto)

Air Ronge resident using plastic waste to create new products

Terri-Ann Weinberger of Air Ronge is hoping a home-based business she launched will help divert recyclable plastics away from the local landfill.At a regular Air Ronge council meeting this week, Weinb...

Jul 26, 2019 Terri-Ann Weinberger is using Number 2 and 5 plastics to create new items. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Smoke concerns raised in Northern Saskatchewan

A handful of communities in the Athabasca region are dealing with smoky skies this week.Smoke from Alberta has been crossing the border, and there are over a dozen active wildfires north of Stony Rapi...

Jul 24, 2019 (Facebook)

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)

PhD student studies role forest fires play in woodland biodiversity

University of Saskatchewan graduate student Aaron Bell has been travelling throughout Lac La Ronge Provincial Park since May collecting forest fire and biodiversity data.It's all part of a PhD study h...

Jul 23, 2019 Aaron Bell has been busy studying the effects forest fires have on the environment. (submitted photo/Stephen Paterson)