Tag Archives: Environment
Fishers, experts await details on Ottawa's latest plan to save Pacific salmon
VANCOUVER - As a teenager, Murray Ned was accustomed to fishing for salmon three days a week all year round on the Fraser River in southwestern British Columbia. Three decades later, the longtime Suma...
Sep 26, 2021
Weekly garbage collection ending
The community of Prince Albert is being advised by the city that weekly garbage collection will be discontinued starting in October and garbage collection will return to the bi-weekly schedule.Yard wa...
Sep 25, 2021
Fade to blue: Mountain lakes lose unique colour due to climate change, says study
The distinctive milky turquoise of mountain lakes is going the way of the glaciers that feed them, according to new research. "A lot of the turquoise glacial lakes in the Canadian Rockies are clearing...
Sep 24, 2021
PAGC to review wildfire task force recommendations after alarming year of fires
The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) said it's returning to recommendations outlined in its Wildfire Task Force report on the management of wildfires in the territories of its member communities.In ...
Sep 23, 2021
B.C. must shore up risk-crisis communications before, during, after wildfires: report
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Upgrades to communications systems in British Columbia's wildfire zones are needed to save lives and properties, says a report released Wednesday. The Thompson Rivers University repor...
Sep 22, 2021
Environment groups say all parties now firmly behind strong action on climate change
OTTAWA - Two years ago environment groups applauded the federal election results as a win after almost two in every three voters picked a party with a clear commitment to combating climate change. Mon...
Sep 22, 2021
Hawks to hummingbirds: Study finds roads quieted by COVID-19 fill with birdsong
New research shows that roads and runways quieted by COVID-19 are filling with birdsong instead. University of Manitoba scientists led a study drawing on millions of sightings by amateur birders acros...
Sep 22, 2021
Grizzly bear fatally gored by mountain goat in eastern B.C.: Parks Canada
FIELD, B.C. - A mountain goat is believed to be responsible for the death of a grizzly bear found slumped near a trail in British Columbia's Yoho National Park earlier this month. David Laskin, a wild...
Sep 22, 2021
Saskatchewan celebrates forestry by bringing awareness to the many industries it impacts
The Government of Saskatchewan recently announced September 19-25 as National Forest Week. The week highlights the important role that provincial forests play, both is terms of the economy and environ...
Sep 20, 2021
Coral reefs have lost half their ability to support human communities, study finds
A Canadian-led team of scientists has concluded that tropical coral reefs that feed millions around the world have lost about half their ability to support human communities since 1950. "I don't think...
Sep 18, 2021