Tag Archives: Environment
'A moving monster': How did the Jasper fire get so bad, so fast?
The fast-moving Jasper, Alta., wildfire was fuelled by a web of extreme conditions that converged into what experts described as a monstrous fire, serving as a disastrous example of what's become incr...
Jul 31, 2024
Quebec introduces salmon fishing restrictions amid decline in migration to rivers
MONTREAL - Quebec has introduced new restrictions on Atlantic salmon fishing because of annual fish migrations that are well below average in most of the province's rivers. But a conservation group th...
Jul 31, 2024
Rainy weekend weather provides assistance to fire crews in the North
According to the latest update from the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency, there are 85 active wildfires in the province and 11 are listed as not contained. One of those fires, dubbed the Flanagan Fir...
Jul 30, 2024
Firefighters hoping for rain as wildfires burn in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan has its hands full dealing with wildfires.So much so, that it can't afford to help out Alberta with its own wildfire issues according to Steve Roberts, vice president of operations with t...
Jul 30, 2024
Animals, like those in Jasper, know how to dodge wildfires, say biologists
JASPER - Parks Canada wants everyone to know that despite the wildfire scorching Jasper National Park, Bear 222 is OK. "She looks like a very healthy grizzly bear right now," the federal agency said o...
Jul 30, 2024
Parks Canada, Guilbeault defend wildfire preparation policies after Jasper blaze
JASPER, ALTA. - Parks Canada officials and politicians angrily denied Monday that forest management policies in Jasper National Park contributed to a catastrophic wildfire that damaged one-third of th...
Jul 29, 2024
Rotting food and closed highways a concern as Jasper evacuation nears second week
EDMONTON - Parks Canada says it realizes wildfire evacuees from Jasper worry about what rotting food will do to their homes and that others wonder when a critical highway through the national park wil...
Jul 28, 2024
Quebec municipalities using artificial intelligence to track tree cover, cars, pools
MONTREAL - Municipalities in Quebec's capital region have recently begun using artificial intelligence to track everything from tree cover to cars -- and even backyard pools. The Communaut mtropolitai...
Jul 28, 2024
Parks Canada official says wildfire in Jasper National Park could burn for months
HINTON, ALBERTA - A Parks Canada official says a wildfire that's destroyed hundreds of structures in the town of Jasper and continues to burn out-of-control in the national park could still be burning...
Jul 27, 2024
Provincial fire ban lifted
There's some good news being offered to people heading out this weekend to the province's lakes and campgrounds.Due to recent rainfall and cooler weather, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) ...
Jul 26, 2024