Environment

Aspiring Rangers take aim at challenging test

When Jimmy Charles first witnessed a Ranger patrol in his home community, he said he knew he wanted to be part of it.The 29-year-old from Stanley Mission is one of 15 people taking the Canadian Ranger...

Nov 19, 2019 (submitted photo/ Tammy Jim Cook-Searson)

No refunds for unusable game this hunting season

Depending on where you live, hunting season is about to start or it's well underway.One change hunters should note, they'll be out of luck on an extra tag if their wild meat turns out to be unusable."...

Nov 07, 2019 (File Photo/ paNOW Staff)

Clear and unequivocal: Thousands of scientists sign letter on climate crisis

An open letter signed by thousands of scientists from around the world may be the clearest demonstration yet of their near-unanimous agreement over the globe's emerging climate crisis. Published ...

Nov 05, 2019

P4 Trapping Block council calls for moratorium on logging

Members of the P4 Trapping Block at the north end of Montreal Lake are calling on the provincial government to immediately impose a moratorium on all logging practices in the area. In a letter to Mini...

Oct 30, 2019 The provincial government confirmed it received the letter. (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Alberta tables climate plan for industry; retains key parts of old legislation

EDMONTON - Alberta has introduced a new climate plan for the province's big greenhouse gas emitters that it says will achieve similar emissions cuts as the former NDP government's plan and at less cos...

Oct 29, 2019 (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

Snowy weather arrives across the province

It was a snowy weekend for much of Saskatchewan, and we may be in store for some more.Environment Canada said the overnight snowfall peaked at around two to three centimeters in many areas of the prov...

Oct 27, 2019 (Brady Lang/ CKOM Staff)

Liberals: TMX pipeline could fund $500 million a year in clean energy projects

OTTAWA - The Liberal government expects to get $500 million a year out of the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline and is promising to spend it all on cleaner sources of energy and projects that...

Oct 24, 2019

Oilsands carbon liability at centre of closely watched New York fraud lawsuit

Alberta's oilsands are at the centre of a closely watched court battle in New York today. The state's attorney general is accusing Exxon Mobil of misrepresenting the risks the operations face as gover...

Oct 23, 2019

Leave the leaves behind this autumn says land conservation organization

Keep the rake in the shed.That is what the Nature Conservancy of Canada says when it comes to people considering-or procrastinating-about cleaning up their yards this fall.Director of Conservation Cam...

Oct 16, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg in Edmonton Friday for climate strike

EDMONTON - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is planning to be at the Alberta legislature Friday for a climate strike. Climate Justice Edmonton says the 16-year-old Stockholm student will join acti...

Oct 16, 2019