Tag Archives: Environment
Northern Chief concerned about wild pig discovery in Northern Sask.
The Chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) is concerned about a wild pig recently being discovered in traditional territory. Last weekend, a land user near Weyakwin shot and killed a wild pig w...
Mar 08, 2025
La Ronge fire dept. rescues owl bullied by crows
One owl has been saved from bullying from birds of a different feather thanks to an alert member of the La Ronge Fire Department. The department noticed the injured owl in its parking lot this morning...
Mar 04, 2025
Wild pig discovery near Weyakwin alarming and shocking: U of S professor
A University of Saskatchewan professor is calling the discovery of wild pigs near Weyakwin alarming and shocking. On Saturday, land user and Montreal Lake Cree Nation member Jarret Nelson was checking...
Mar 03, 2025
MN-S celebrates legal victory with SCC decision
The Mtis Nation of Saskatchewan is celebrating a major victory after the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed that the Nation has a right to challenge the province on its refusal to commit to a consultati...
Mar 03, 2025
Strychnine reauthorization unlikely despite push to control growing gopher issue, expert says
With Richardson's ground squirrel (gopher) population soaring and wreaking havoc on crops and pastures, the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) issued a statement on Wednesday to u...
Feb 27, 2025
Seized moose meat taken to Humboldt food bank
Patrons of the Humboldt Food Bank have a welcome bonus in the form of 150 pounds of moose meat.The meat was delivered to the food bank by conservation officers on February 12, who had seized it from t...
Feb 24, 2025
Sask. cold snap continues, but warmer weather is on the horizon
Saskatchewan will have to endure the cold for a bit longer.Environment Canada issued extreme cold warnings for much of the province on Sunday, and those warnings remained in effect on Friday.Brad Vrol...
Feb 14, 2025
'Historical moment': 11 Yellowstone bison transferred to Sask First Nations
A family of 11 Yellowstone bison from the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes in Montana have been reintroduced to their ancestral land of Mosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man (MGBHLM) First Nat...
Feb 07, 2025
Groundhog Day 2025: Willie and Sam at odds over spring’s arrival
Canada's famous prognosticating rodents were split over spring's arrival on Groundhog Day. Ontario's Wiarton Willie reportedly did not see his shadow on Sunday morning, which is good news for people t...
Feb 02, 2025
Northern author selected as Family Literacy Day reader
La Ronge's Miriam Krner has been selected to read from her book Fox and Bear as part of Family Literacy Day on Jan. 27. "I was really excited when the Saskatchewan Literacy Network contacted me and le...
Jan 22, 2025
