Tag Archives: Environment
Fossil fuels to decline but remain big player in Canada's energy use by 2050: report
OTTAWA - The Canada Energy Regulator says reaching net-zero emissions over the next 30 years will to require a much more aggressive transition away from oil and gas.The annual Energy Futures report re...
Nov 24, 2020
'Something we have not experienced in years': pig spleen prognostic calls for harsh winter
Get ready for a cold snowy winter - that's according to Wade Gilbertson, a Parkside farmer who practices the art of predicting the weather using pig spleens. "It is a going to be a winter like Saskatc...
Nov 17, 2020
New councillors and bylaw officer introduced at RM of Prince Albert meeting
For the first time in nearly eight months, every chair at the Rural Municipality (RM) of Prince Albert council meeting was occupied for the meeting's entirety.Newly elected councillors Guy St Hilaire ...
Nov 12, 2020
Parks Canada plans first captive breeding program for Jasper National Park caribou
EDMONTON - Caribou herds in Canada's Rocky Mountains are now so precarious that Parks Canada is preparing a plan to round up females from nearly vanished herds and pen them in a captive breeding progr...
Nov 02, 2020
No evidence animals are playing role in spread of COVID-19, following first positive test in dog in Canada
Last week the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs was made aware of a positive case of SARS-CoV-2 in a dog in the Niagara region. SARS-CoV2 is the virus that causes COVID-19 in peop...
Oct 31, 2020
PAGC encourages Ottawa to settle Nova Scotia fishery dispute
The plight of Mi'kmaq fishers in Nova Scotia has hit close to home for Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) and so now executive council is joining the chorus of voices denouncing the violence and calli...
Oct 27, 2020
Sask. Wildlife Federation encouraging drivers to be more alert
The Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation (SWF) is reminding drivers to stay alert on the highway.According to SWF director of communications and marketing Chelsea Walters, the fall season is mating season...
Oct 18, 2020
Alberta invests $10M in innovative biorefinery
LACOMBE, AB – It's a substantial economic boost coming for the central Alberta region. The provincial government announced Thursday that it is providing $10 million from the Technology Innovatio...
Oct 15, 2020
'Discovery by little Nathan:' 12-year-old makes fossil find in southern Alberta
Aspiring paleontologist Nathan Hrushkin speaks with pride about his "killer resume." The Grade 7 student from Calgary discovered a rare dinosaur skeleton earlier this year at Horseshoe Canyon in the B...
Oct 15, 2020
Area burned by Rabbit Creek fire of 2018 has regenerated a 'unique environment'
Following a wildfire in the Prince Albert National Park (PANP) in 2018, officials are reminding the public how important fire is as a natural part of creating new ecosystems in the park.The objective ...
Oct 07, 2020
