Tag Archives: Environment
Time ticks away: SPCA encounters season's first pests
The on-again off-again end of winter has delayed the arrival of several pests we normally see this time of year. The first of those have started to rear their heads, however.Tick season is upon us, an...
May 18, 2022
Mill opening expected to create almost 1,700 jobs
The opening of the Paper Excellence pulp mill is expected to add almost 1,700 jobs directly and indirectly to the local economy, That was the message given by Bronwyn Eyre, Minister of Energy and Reso...
May 06, 2022
Whiskey Business: Is Scotch The Future Of Fuel?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! You may not often hear the words drinking and driving paired in a positive light, but that could change soon enough as a Scottish biofuel company makes hea...
Apr 29, 2022
Village of Love warns of bear in town
Residents of Love, Sask. are being advised to be cautious as there has been several sightings of a bear in the community.Acting administrator Jordan Hamilton, said it was first seen right next to the ...
Apr 28, 2022
Ticks set to emerge in Saskatchewan
As spring arrives in Saskatchewan - sort of - people are being reminded to watch for ticks.The majority of ticks found in Saskatchewan are American dog ticks, which do not transmit Lyme disease to peo...
Apr 27, 2022
CFIA reports more cases of bird flu in Saskatchewan
Bird flu continues to spread in Saskatchewan.The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was reported Sunday in a poultry flock in the Rural Municipality o...
Apr 25, 2022
First Nations students clean up P.A. for Earth Day
Dozens of students and their families commemorated Earth Day by cleaning up some areas of Prince Albert.The First Nations University of Canada Students' Association took part in the cleanup, picking u...
Apr 22, 2022
Métis Nation looks to re-vamp constitution
A series of public consultations have kicked off as the Mtis Nation - Saskatchewan (MN-S) works to re-vamp its constitution. Changing the document was part of an agreement struck with the federal gove...
Apr 21, 2022
Returning geese may get grumpier in nesting season
Winter may be lingering, but there are signs of spring slowly returning, and one of those is geese coming back from the south. As they get more common in populated areas, sometimes they can bump into ...
Apr 19, 2022
Region has growing network of EV charging options
The price of gas at the pumps is high and the federal government is looking to push vehicles into zero-emission status by 2035, so at least one local dealership is seeing a change in car buying. Peopl...
Apr 19, 2022
