Tag Archives: Environment
Sawmills facing potential work shortage during COVID-19
The threat of possible shutdown due to the coronavirus looms over sawmill workers, just as it does over other industries across the country. For those on the ground, the only focus is working within i...
Mar 26, 2020 (Submitted photo/Dean Christiansen)
Moose goes through window at Tisdale care home
Newmarket Manor in Tisdale had an unusual after-supper guest on Sunday.A moose broke through panes of glass in the dining room at the care home before leaving and then attempting to jump a fence.Inspe...
Mar 25, 2020 A moose broke through panes of glass at the New Market Manor care home in Tisdale on Sunday evening. (Facebook/Donna Jansen)
Parks Canada to close national parks, historic sites to vehicle traffic
Parks Canada is restricting vehicles in national parks and national historic sites after people flocked to the popular areas on the weekend.The federal agency said it's still noticing lots of visitors...
Mar 24, 2020
No extension for ice fishers to remove shacks
As the weather warms and the ice thins, the COVID-19 outbreak is not going to be an excuse to leave your ice-fishing shack on the ice. A Prince Albert Conservation Officer is reminding everyone all fi...
Mar 24, 2020 Ice-fishing shacks north of Highway 16 must be removed from lakes by March 31. (Ronald Quaroni/paNOW Staff)
Battlefords residents advised to flush only toilet paper
The City of North Battleford released a statement to the public to remind residents not to flush anything down the toilet aside from toilet paper. The list, available on the city's website, includes c...
Mar 21, 2020 (ID 48258735 © Tomnex | Dreamstime.com)
Cree names given to star and exoplanet
The Cree language has been linked to astrology for thousands of years, using the sun, the stars and the moon as navigational guides. But now, Cree names for a star and its exoplanet will be used in ev...
Mar 18, 2020 A star and its exoplanet have been renamed in Cree as part of a naming contest. (ID 125461858 © Vitalij Kopa | Dreamstime.com)
Feds bullish on nuclear: Minister visits Sask. north
"Show me a credible plan that doesn't involve nuclear." That's the strong endorsement for Saskatchewan's uranium sector from federal Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O'Regan who has just wrapped a...
Mar 10, 2020
P.A. man fined for hunting on First Nations territory
A man caught illegally hunting on Indigenous land faces over a $1,000 in fines and has been told he cannot own a hunting licence for two years.Doug Risling, 59, appeared at Prince Albert Provincial Co...
Mar 09, 2020 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
A snowy weekend briefly gives way to warmer conditions
The volatile spring weather continues across the region over the coming week.This comes after last week, which saw daytime highs of around 6 degrees Celsius morph into a spring storm that brought heav...
Mar 09, 2020 Snow moved through the region on the weekend, leaving many to dig out. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)
Below normal spring runoff expected across most of Sask.
A wide swath of the province can expect below normal runoff this spring.The Water Security Agency (WSA) has released the March spring runoff outlook.Areas including Melfort, Tisdale, Nipawin, Hudson B...
Mar 05, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
