Tag Archives: Environment
Tisdale receives nearly $50K from feds for new dog park
The Town of Tisdale is getting funding support from the Government of Canada for the construction of their Off-Leash Dog Park Project.The Canada Community Revitalization Fund (CCRF) is allocating $49,...
Jul 06, 2022
Anglers encouraged to check their bait before casting a line
With another free fishing weekend approaching, Saskatchewan's Ministry of Environment is encouraging anglers to double check their tackle boxes. The request comes after a quagga mussel was recently fo...
Jul 06, 2022
Lightning storms spark dozens of wildfires in Yukon, heat warning issued
WHITEHORSE - Wildfires are breaking out across Yukon as lightning pummels the territory and a heat wave wears on, a fire information officer says. Mike Fancie of Yukon Wildland Fire Management says ab...
Jul 05, 2022
Canada making electric vehicle, battery pitch to Japanese automakers
OTTAWA - Innovation Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says the convergence of Canada's automotive and mining sectors is working to lure more companies to Canada to make electric cars and the batteri...
Jul 05, 2022
Researchers see little evidence that more white sharks prowling North Atlantic
HALIFAX - A new study of the distribution of the endangered great white shark in Canadian waters says an underwater detection network suggests the population remains stable but is not growing. That ru...
Jul 04, 2022
Berries and roses planted in the thousands in Cumberland House
Over 4,000 new berry plants and some medically significant ones are now in the ground in Cumberland House Cree Nation.The newly created community forest sits on two acres of land on Pemican Portage st...
Jul 04, 2022
Old landfills to be capped, bridges changed across Sask.
Some old landfills will be taken out of commission and some old bridges will be replaced with culverts in the latest round of infrastructure announcements. In Melfort, the city will get just under $1 ...
Jun 30, 2022
'Sense of future' for Lytton if homes rebuilt by this time next year: B.C. minister
LYTTON, B.C. - When a wildfire swept through Lytton, B.C., during a record-setting heat wave, Tricia Thorpe and her husband lost their house, barn, a woodworking shop and dozens of animals on their fa...
Jun 30, 2022
New clean fuel regulations to raise gas prices, affect low-income Canadians the most
OTTAWA - New federal Clean Fuel Regulations will help eliminate millions of tonnes of greenhouse gases over the next eight years and encourage investments in renewable fuels but could drive up the pri...
Jun 30, 2022
La Ronge conservation officers responded to nearly two dozen bear complaints so far in 2022
The black bear population in the La Ronge area is healthy and stable. That's according to an email sent to larongeNOW from the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Pub...
Jun 29, 2022