Tag Archives: Environment
Multi-million dollar vision for Little Red River Park
A new document charts a course for $13.4 million worth of potential improvements at Little Red River Park over the next 10 years. The creation of Indigenous ceremonial grounds, a zip line and a pilot ...
Jul 15, 2020
Officials monitoring water levels in and around Little Red Park
UPDATE:On Friday the City of P.A.reported the main entrance to Little Red River Park, off Highway 55 was re-opening as of 1 p.m. The rising water in the Spruce River that caused access to the park to ...
Jul 15, 2020
Feds urged to do own review of proposed Alberta coal mine expansion
OTTAWA - A lawyer at the centre of a lobbying effort to stop a coal mine from expanding in Alberta says the federal government's refusal to do its own environmental review of the project is ...
Jul 15, 2020
Environment minister reconsidering decision to stay out of Alberta coal-mine review
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is reconsidering a decision in December to keep the federal government out of the approvals process for a major coal-mine expansion in Alberta. The exi...
Jul 15, 2020
Aid for energy heavily weighted towards fossil fuels in COVID-19 response
OTTAWA - Federal energy and environment officials were warned in late April that Canada's clean-tech sector was in danger as COVID-19 knocked the bottom out of the industry. Three ...
Jul 15, 2020
The buck stopped there: council votes no on backyard chickens
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – A pilot project for backyard chickens in Prince Albert won’t be getting off the ground. Responding to correspondence from local chicken enthusiasts, council decided ...
Jul 14, 2020
The buck stopped there: council votes no on backyard chickens
A pilot project for backyard chickens in Prince Albert won't be getting off the ground. Responding to correspondence from local chicken enthusiasts, council decided by a one vote margin not to explore...
Jul 14, 2020
New study finds wolf culls will not save endangered caribou in Western Canada
VANCOUVER - A government-sponsored wolf kill in Western Canada has had "no detectable effect" on reversing the decline of endangered caribou populations, a study says. Scientists from R...
Jul 14, 2020
WSA dealing with high water levels on Anglin Lake
The Water Security Agency (WSA) is working to deal with a situation at Anglin Lake.Ron Podbielski, a spokesperson with the WSA said water levels on the lake are higher than what the body can accommoda...
Jul 14, 2020
Weather knocks out power in communities around P.A.
A number of communities around Prince Albert were without power on Monday.Some areas south of the city including Saint Louis, Domremy and Yellow Creek lost power for six hours. Scott McGregor, media r...
Jul 13, 2020