Tag Archives: Environment
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
From pavement to plate: Should Saskatchewan residents be allowed to eat roadkill?
Saskatchewan residents hoping to turn roadside deer into dinner, will have to pump the brakes.The state of California passed legislation on Oct. 13, would allow the set-up of programs to grant golden ...
Nov 01, 2019 The state of California has passed legislation, legalizing the harvesting of roadkill. (ID 48732960 © Franky | Dreamstime.com)
Picking up after Halloween
As little ghouls and goblins prepare to descend on Prince Albert tonight, the city's sanitation manager is encouraging them to leave nothing but spooky footprints behind on the snowy streets. "Act res...
Oct 31, 2019 Plastic candy wrappers are not recyclable and must be put in the garbage. (107673110 © Viktoriya Kuzmenkova)
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
Re-elected Liberal government receives support from PAGC
The result of Monday's Federal election was fresh on the minds of chiefs attending Prince Albert Grand Council's (PAGC) Annual Assembly Tuesday at the Senator Allen Bird Memorial Gymnasium.Grand Chief...
Oct 22, 2019 The Prince Albert Grand Council Annual Assembly runs all day Tuesday at Senator Allen Bird Memorial Gymnasium. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Organizations encouraging drivers to break
SGI and the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation are teaming up to ask drivers to be cautious about wildlife on highways.The Give Wildlife a Break campaign aims to make motorists more aware about the pres...
Oct 19, 2019 During the fall season moose and deer tend to be out and about more which can lead to collisions. (Ryan Brook/Twitter)
Duck Lake to get provincial, federal funding for landfill decommission
The Town of Duck Lake is getting support from both the provincial and federal governments.Both levels of government have agreed to contribute over $200,000 to help the town get the ball rolling in dec...
Oct 17, 2019 The Duck Lake landfill is set to close June 2020. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
