Tag Archives: Environment
Snow crews start again with emergency routes
Clearing up the city's second snowfall of the season is a start and stop operation after 10-15 centimetres of snow that began Saturday night. The snow crews are still working on grading emergency rout...
Nov 25, 2024
Exceptional weather leading to unpredictable winter commercial fishing season
Northern fishermen are facing uncertainty due to unpredictable weather. That's according to Air Ronge resident Gordon Stomp, who has been a commercial fishmen for decades. Meteorologists are calling f...
Nov 07, 2024
Protestors question status of moratorium
Holding signs that read save the trees and respect the moratorium, over a dozen people gathered on Friday outside the forestry centre in downtown Prince Albert.Over six months have passed since the pr...
Oct 11, 2024
Dutch Elm Disease found in Prince Albert
The threat of Dutch Elm Disease is something that cities around Saskatchewan have to monitor or they run the risk of the disease running rampant through their elm tree population. While Prince Albert ...
Oct 08, 2024
How to photograph the northern lights with your phone
It's considered the Holy Grail of skywatching, and the only thing better than seeing the northern lights in real life is capturing your own mesmerizing photo of the atmospheric phenomenon. Scott Aspin...
Oct 07, 2024
'The building was completely charged with black smoke': Fire chief describes golf resort fire
Black smoke from floor to ceiling and temperatures exceeding 800 degrees fahrenheit. That's how Jim Arnold, the fire chief at Candle Lake is describing the inside conditions during Monday's fire at th...
Sep 24, 2024
Increased wood supply ups odds of success for new mill
One of the biggest benefits of oriented strand board mills is their ability to take remnant wood from other operations and turn what might be something considered defective and make a building product...
Sep 18, 2024
Evacuation order lifted, Sandy Bay residents returning home
Almost a month after being told to grab their belongings and leave their community, residents of Sandy Bay will soon be returning home.At 8a.m. this morning, the evacuation order that was issued on Au...
Sep 10, 2024
Sask. set 13 new heat records on Sunday: Environment Canada
The scorching heat on Sunday toppled a number of heat records around Saskatchewan.Many of the records had been standing for more than four decades.According to preliminary figures from Environment Can...
Sep 09, 2024
Ground squirrels (not gophers) population risen this year
All over Saskatchewan during the summer, people have been complaining about the amount of gophers they've been seeing this year. Surprisingly, what you are seeing is likely not a gopher, but actually ...
Sep 06, 2024
