Tag Archives: Environment
Local school division looking to cut energy costs
Prince Albert Catholic Schools are getting some help to go green.The division has been given $269,000 from the Climate Action Incentive Fund. The initiative is providing money to school divisions acro...
May 26, 2020
'Pointing out the obvious:' Alberta govt stands by energy minister's comments
EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister isn't backing away from her comments that COVID-19's public health rules and economic fears favour pipeline construction. "I don't think anybody should be sur...
May 26, 2020
Heat wave forces cities, long-term care centres to rethink how to offer heat relief under COVID-19
OTTAWA - A heat wave engulfing large swaths of Ontario and Quebec could spell tragedy for the people who are already most at risk from COVID-19, health experts warn. Environment Canada issued a heat w...
May 26, 2020
Nut Point Trail closed due to bear sightings
The Nut Point Trail in the Lac La Ronge Provincial Park is closed due to multiple sightings of bears. "It's been closed for a couple of days," said Park Manager Natasha Merriman. "There were a couple ...
May 25, 2020
Salmon expected to begin arriving soon at Fraser River landslide: DFO
VANCOUVER - Parts of a pneumatic fish pump dubbed the "salmon cannon" have arrived at the site of a massive landslide along British Columbia's Fraser River, where Fisheries and Oceans Canada...
May 25, 2020
Campgrounds prepare for opening day next week
To meet the demand for an outdoor escape from being cooped up due to COVID-19, campgrounds and parks are working quickly to prepare their sites for summer.Long-term seasonal, overnight stay and limite...
May 25, 2020
Fort à la Corne wildfire contained
The English Creek wildfire at Fort la Corne is now contained.Previously the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) said while the blaze had been measured more accurately at 41,360 hectares it was no...
May 25, 2020
Gathering limits make it a 'great time to be building a pipeline:' Alberta minister
EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister says it's a good time to build a pipeline because public health restrictions limit protests against them. Sonya Savage made the comment Friday on a podcast ho...
May 25, 2020
'I want to be optimistic': Tourism season in La Ronge expected to be slow
The busiest month for tourism in La Ronge is June, but Lac La Ronge Visitor Centre Manager Judy Hanke doesn't believe there will be as much traffic as normal."I want to be optimistic, but I think it i...
May 23, 2020
Plastics bans, environmental monitoring get short shrift during pandemic
OTTAWA - In mid January the British Columbia government announced it was looking at a wide ban on single-use plastic grocery bags to put an end to a piecemeal, city-by-city approach to the problem of ...
May 23, 2020