Tag Archives: Environment
Extremely high fuel and fertilizer prices headline challenges for farmers during stressful year
Harvest is getting close to being done across Saskatchewan putting an end to one of, if not the, most challenging year for farmers in the fields. The biggest issue during seeding and harvest has been ...
Oct 06, 2022
B.C. signs new climate agreement with California, Oregon and Washington
SAN FRANCISCO - British Columbia Premier John Horgan has signed a new climate pact with the governors of Washington, Oregon and California that includes investments in cross-border climate infrastruct...
Oct 06, 2022
Climate Changed: Fiona demonstrated wild hurricane future, and need to adapt
HALIFAX - As she stood near the remnants of flattened homes in Port aux Basques, N.L., Denise Anderson said the thought of continuing to live next to the ocean is hard after a deadly storm foreshadowe...
Oct 06, 2022
Bear expert says B.C. attack on family was likely a rare 'predaceous' incident
VANCOUVER - An expert in bear behaviour says an attack on a family in northeastern British Columbia that left two women with critical injuries appears to have been a rare example of a "predaceous" att...
Oct 05, 2022
Fuel spill all cleaned up on Prince Albert road
Everything is back to normal on a Prince Albert street after a fuel spill.On Monday, a driver for Lake Country Co-op had a mechanical failure which resulted in diesel being released on 5 Avenue East f...
Oct 05, 2022
New dry milling plant celebrates grand opening
C-Merak officially celebrated the grand opening of its new dry milling plant, just a few kilometres west of the Town of Tisdale.Local and provincial representatives were present, as the company unveil...
Oct 05, 2022
Bear attacks family in B.C., then guards two gravely injured women from rescue: RCMP
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. - Police say two women are critically injured after a black bear attacked a family hiking near Dawson Creek in northeastern B.C., then guarded the victims from rescuers until it was...
Oct 04, 2022
Bear euthanized after entering P.A. city limits
Prince Albert police had to euthanize a black bear due to public safety concerns in a residential neighbourhood. According to a media release, the animal was within city limits around midnight Monday....
Oct 04, 2022
B.C. breaking its own law on climate-change reporting, Sierra Club tells court
VANCOUVER - An environmental group is in court accusing the British Columbia government of failing to report if its climate plans will achieve key greenhouse gas emissions targets, as required by a pr...
Oct 04, 2022
Province once again testing hunted animals for chronic wasting disease
People hunting deer, moose, or elk this season are being encouraged to have their animals tested for chronic wasting disease (CWD).This disease affects the nervous system in these animals and can caus...
Oct 04, 2022