Tag Archives: Environment
R.M. of Birch Hills landfill report made public
The report into a proposed large scale regional waste landfill in the R.M. of Birch Hills has been made public and the reeve is welcoming further feedback.Independent third-party consultant Tetra Tech...
Sep 23, 2019 With ever-increasing pressures on landfill sites like the one at Prince Albert, the R.M. of Birch Hills is mulling a proposal for a large regional non-hazardous landfill cell south of Highway 3. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Electric vehicle owners make stop in P.A.
The Peavey Mart parking lot in Prince Albert hosted a different kind of car show Saturday afternoon.SaskEV, a province wide electric vehicle group, brought out some electric cars to show the public. T...
Sep 21, 2019 Sparking interest. SaskEV brought out a few vehicles to the Peavey Mart parking lot Saturday afternoon (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Special Feature: The people behind the quest for Fort à la Corne's diamonds
The first season of deep trench-cutting by Rio Tinto at Star Diamond Corporation's Star-Orion South Diamond Project in the Fort la Corne forest east of Prince Albert is reaching a conclusion. Ahead of...
Sep 17, 2019 George Reed with Star Diamond Corporation, left and Rio Tinto's Gary Hodgkinson in front of the star attraction at Project Falcon, the Trench Cutter Sampling Rig. (Ian Gustafson/paNOW Staff)
Parks staff offering education in elk etiquette
Prince Albert National Park wants the public to learn more about interacting with elk in the park.Until the end of the month staff from the park will be hosting Elk Etiquette sessions at the Nature Ce...
Sep 14, 2019 Prince Albert National Park is inviting people to come learn about interacting with elk. (Parks Canada Saskatchewan/Twitter)
Search and rescue groups looking to educate
Prince Albert North Search and Rescue are looking to teach the public about what to do if they get lost in the woods.The Hug a Tree and Survive session is set to run Thursday night at the John M. Cuel...
Sep 10, 2019 Prince Albert North Search and Rescue are looking to teach kids about what to do if they get lost. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Montreal Lake students assist biologists with fish study
There's something fishy going on with the lake trout population at Kingsmere Lake, and biologists have been working hard to get to the bottom of it with some help from students at Senator Allen Bird M...
Sep 09, 2019 Over a dozen students from Senator Allen Memorial Bird School at Montreal Lake went on a special field trip last Friday. (submitted photo/Rae Kingdon)
Cottage owners urged to take think Fire Smart as season comes to a close
The summer months are now behind us.With the changing of the season many people are now getting ready to close up their cottages and seasonal properties for the year.Prince Albert National Park staff ...
Sep 09, 2019 Prince Albert National Park wants to remind cottage owners to take some steps to protect their properties as they close up their cottages. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Fire prevention on display in Little Red River Park
Industry leaders in forestry management met on Wednesday in Little Red River Park to share expertise with each other, and to highlight some of the strategies they use to prevent forest fires to the pu...
Sep 04, 2019 A contractor explains how a mulcher operates. The machine breaks up felled trees and branches so they can return to the soil more easily and don't serve as kindling for a potential forest fire. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Citizens bring forestry concerns to government
Some concerned area citizens are worried about the future of the region's boreal forest.On Tuesday , they met with officials from the Ministry of Environment Forestry Branch at the Forestry Centre in ...
Aug 29, 2019 A group of citizens met with officials from the Ministry of Environment at the Forestry Centre Tuesday afternoon. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
‘Event of the summer’ says researcher on Meadow Lake Provincial Park tornadoes
For David Sills, the weather system that tore through part of Meadow Lake Provincial Park over the Canada Day long weekend was the event of the summer for tornadoes.The executive director with the Nor...
Aug 27, 2019 Drone imagery from the Northern Tornadoes Project shows uprooted and downed trees after a storm tore through Meadow Lake Provincial Park on June 29. (supplied/Northern Tornadoes Project)
