Environment

Public opposition growing: Petitions against Alberta coal mines top 100K signatures

Public opposition to the Alberta government's plan to expand coal mining in the Rocky Mountains is growing with tens of thousands of people signing petitions, writing letters and joining online groups...

Jan 18, 2021

Alberta monolith comes with message to save eastern slopes of Rocky Mountains

A towering stainless steel monolith set up along the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta comes with a message. The three-metre-tall structure, which reflects its surroundings, is one of m...

Jan 15, 2021

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

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

Air Ronge council to move ahead with tree thinning near elementary school

An Air Ronge resident is requesting proper consultation to be done on a tree thinning project even though council wants the work completed. Larissa Muirhead spoke to Air Ronge council at a regular mee...

Dec 18, 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

Wildfire mitigation work starting soon in La Ronge

A tender for forest vegetation thinning and brush pile burning services in La Ronge has closed and Mayor Colin Ratushniak expects the wildfire mitigation work to begin as soon as possible. "I think it...

Dec 09, 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