Tag Archives: Environment
Design contract awarded for proposed water treatment plant
The construction of a $52-million water treatment plant west of Prince Albert, has taken another step towards becoming a reality.The third, and one of the more complex components of the overall projec...
Feb 10, 2022
Researchers find evidence of first dinosaur with sore throat, flu symptoms
The dinosaur had a flu. A really bad flu. Cary Woodruff, a recent PhD graduate from the University of Toronto, and a team of researchers studieda fossil that may provide evidence of the first known ca...
Feb 10, 2022
Provincial park launches survey about Nut Point winter trail usage
Users of the winter trails at Nut Point Campground have until the end of March to complete an online survey. Administration with the Lac La Ronge Provincial Park launched the survey in January to gath...
Feb 10, 2022
Interior B.C. library adds radon detector kits to its borrowing options
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Residents in parts of British Columbia's southern Interior will only need a valid library card if they want access to a tool that could help make their homes safer. The Thompson-Nicol...
Feb 09, 2022
Conservation officers brave the cold during training session in Candle Lake
Jumping into freezing cold water is not something many Saskatchewan residents would sign up for, but to become a conservation officer in our province it's necessary.Recently the Ministry of Environmen...
Feb 08, 2022
Advocates thrilled as court orders Health Canada to reassess glyphosate decision
OTTAWA - A popular weed killer is back under review after the Federal Court of Appeal ruled that Health Canada didn't follow its own rules for regulating pesticides and herbicides. It is the latest tw...
Feb 07, 2022
StatCan to release COVID-tinged census figure, experts warn against reading too deep
OTTAWA - For the last 40 years, Doug Norris has pored over detailed demographic data gleaned from every census, but even he admits what's coming will be unlike anything he has seen before. Statistics ...
Feb 07, 2022
Ottawa files court brief supporting Enbridge Inc. in Line 5 dispute with Michigan
WASHINGTON - The federal government is once again urging a Michigan judge to keep Line 5 operating while it works with the United States on negotiating an end to the impasse over the controversial cro...
Feb 04, 2022
Environmental groups serve Alberta premier, government with defamation lawsuit
EDMONTON - Five environmental organizations have followed through on a threat to sue Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and the provincial government for defamation. In documents filed Wednesday in Edmonton...
Feb 02, 2022
Long-term Statistics Canada research shows cities across country losing green space
Joni Mitchell was right - they really are paving paradise and putting up parking lots. Statistics Canada's first survey of urban green space shows that, just as the singer-songwriter warned, cities ac...
Feb 01, 2022