Tag Archives: Environment
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
Water levels at Little Red River Park expected to rise
The Water Security Agency (WSA) is advising that the water levels along Highway 2 north and at Little Red River Park will be rising over the course of the next week.In response to significant precipit...
Jun 28, 2022
Clean fuel standards allow companies to get both tax credits and sell carbon credits
OTTAWA - Canada's new emissions standards for gasoline and diesel will allow oil companies that get a federal tax break for installing carbon capture and storage systems to also generate credits based...
Jun 28, 2022
Chance of showers Tuesday prior to potential heat wave
After a rainy stretch for much of June, northwest Saskatchewan has largely sunny skies ahead.There remain some cloudy days before summer starts to peak. Meadow Lake and the Battlefords have overcast s...
Jun 27, 2022
Fuel standard regulations to start later, cut more emissions from gasoline, diesel
OTTAWA - The federal government is delaying new emissions standards on gasoline and diesel another year but is demanding the oil and gas sector make bigger cuts to fuel emissions by 2030 given how muc...
Jun 27, 2022
B.C. scientists see recovery but fear more heat domes could change ecosystems forever
VANCOUVER - A year after the heat dome event that killed billions of plants and animals in British Columbia, scientists say ecosystems are recovering, but could be transformed forever if such events b...
Jun 27, 2022