Tag Archives: Environment
Province's targeted zones for testing for CWD include Meadow Lake area
With the hunting season gradually winding down, the province continues to ask hunters to have their elk, moose, mule deer, whitetail deer, and caribou tested for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).The last...
Dec 05, 2020
Anglers seek protection for Alberta river they say is threatened by gravel plan
One of Alberta's largest grassroots conservation groups is to plead this week for the protection of a much-loved river from gravel mines it fears would damage a world-class trout fishery and undo year...
Dec 04, 2020
Climate change costs taking increasing chunk off Canada's GDP growth: study
Climate change costs are already taking an increasing bite out of Canada's economic growth and the country is falling behind other nations when it comes to planning for them, says federally funded res...
Dec 03, 2020
'Canada really sticks out:' Studies show banks not so green on climate change
International analyses suggest Canadian financiers are oiling the wheels of the fossil fuel industry at a far greater rate than their peers. Bankers say they've made big strides in addressing climate ...
Dec 02, 2020
CP investigating after video shows train running over pronghorn antelope herd
MAPLE CREEK, Sask. - Canadian Pacific Railway says an investigation is underway following the release of a video showing one of the company's trains running over dozens of pronghorn antelope in southw...
Dec 02, 2020
Human activities, shipping, fishing, polluting, links to killer whale deaths: study
VICTORIA - A long-running study of more than 50 dead killer whales in the Pacific Ocean concludes human activities pose deadly threats to the orcas. Killer whale deaths from Alaska to British Columbia...
Dec 02, 2020
Boil-water advisories at First Nations communities to remain past March 2021: feds
OTTAWA - The federal government says it will not meet a marquee pledge by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to lift all boil-water advisories in First Nations communities by March 2021. Indigenous Service...
Dec 02, 2020
Researchers say widespread lake drainage on tundra another sign of climate change
Scientists say a year in which almost 200 tundra lakes drained away could point to what's in store for Canada's North. Between 2017 and 2018, 192 lakes in northwest Alaska lost at least a quarter of t...
Dec 02, 2020
Muskoday woman named first female president of national body representing Aboriginal Firefighters
Just over two decades after joining the Muskoday Volunteer Fire Department, Michelle Vandevord can now lay claim to being elected the first female president of the Aboriginal Firefighters' Association...
Dec 02, 2020
Province looking for more hunters to get their kills tested for CWD
Saskatchewan's Ministry of Environment is encouraging more hunters to send in the heads of cervid species for chronic wasting disease (CWD) testing.The program has been running for years in the provin...
Dec 01, 2020