Tag Archives: Environment
FSIN not surprised by Scheer’s ‘check their privilege’ comment
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) calls a recent comment by Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer disturbing and offensive but not surprising.On Friday, Scheer spoke to media at the pa...
Feb 19, 2020 Bobby Cameron, chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations. (CKOM)
P.A. and area not immune to radon issue
Saskatchewan has an issue with radon.A study published in Scientific Reports found Saskatchewan and Alberta have some of the highest reported levels of the gas in the world. The study was put together...
Feb 13, 2020 Diagram of how radon can enter a home. (Family Action Network)
Free fishing weekend coming up
The Family Day Long Weekend is coming up and those interested in dropping a line in one of the province's lakes can do so without a fishing licence. The free fishing event is from Feb. 15 to 17. Murra...
Feb 11, 2020 From Feb. 15-17 anyone who wants to fish on the province's lakes can do so without a fishing licence. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Small retailer backlash to P.A. plastic bag ban
There's been a backlash from some retail sectors in Prince Albert to city council's move to ban plastic check out bags from the beginning of August. Business representatives are saying some store owne...
Jan 30, 2020 Soon to be history. The common grocery store check out bag will be banned in Prince Albert starting Aug.1. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
City council in Prince Albert, Sask., votes to give plastic bags the boot
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A city in northern Saskatchewan is believed to be the first in the province to have banned plastic checkout bagsPrince Albert city council passed a bylaw unanimously at a meetin...
Jan 28, 2020
Local leaders weigh in on provincial waste plan
With hopes of contributing less waste to landfills, provincial government officials are outlining new strategies on waste reduction.Saskatchewan's Solid Waste Management Strategy outlines six main goa...
Jan 24, 2020 The provincial government hopes to cut the amount of waste going into the province's landfills over the next 20 years. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)
North American bird population drops by three billion
The last 50 years have taken their toll on North American bird populations."We have lost a third of our bird population," Conservation Director with Nature Saskatchewan, Lorne Scott told paNOW.Scott e...
Jan 22, 2020 A turkey vulture. (submitted photo/Gary Houston)
R.M. of Prince Albert hires CSO to look after bylaw enforcement
A big change is coming to the way traffic tickets and bylaws are enforced in the Rural Municipality (R.M.) of Prince Albert.Larry Smytaniuk, nwho is currently the Community Safety Officer (CSO) for th...
Jan 22, 2020 Effective Feb. 1, this truck will be covering a lot more miles. (Submitted photo/ R.M. of Buckland)
Parks Canada says no to gondola proposed from Banff townsite to Mount Norquay
BANFF, Alta. - Parks Canada has rejected a proposed gondola to take skiers and hikers from Banff townsite to the summit at the Mount Norquay ski resort. The agency has been considering ...
Jan 21, 2020
Stranded snowmobiler rescued by rangers
A trapper in northern Saskatchewan is being credited for his help in saving a man's life.The 56-year-old man, who ventured out early Sunday afternoon on his snowmobile to cut some wood, got stuck in s...
Jan 20, 2020 A rescue call in Northern Saskatchewan Sunday ended with good news thanks to the quick thinking of a local trapper, and the fast response from the Canadian Rangers. (Facebook/Tammy Cook-Searson)
