Environment

City has plans in place in case a serious derailment happened in local area

The City of North Battleford has a comprehensive emergency preparedness plan to follow in the event a train derailment emergency situation were to occur in the local area.A CP crude oil train derailme...

Feb 06, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Let-Us Grow Hydroponics one year in Hudson Bay's former school

The old Stewart Hawke School in Hudson Bay is getting some good use.The town asked for bids for the building in late 2018, and in early 2019, they awarded it to 'Let-Us Grow Hydroponics'. The company ...

Feb 06, 2020 (Facebook/Let-Us Grow)

Above seasonal temperatures with freeze to follow in Meadow Lake region

Temperatures are running above seasonal averages although Meadow Lake can still expect a long winter ahead. Terri Lang, meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada told meadowlakeNOW, we'...

Jan 31, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Small retailer backlash to P.A. plastic bag ban

There's been a backlash from some retail sectors in Prince Albert to city council's move to ban plastic check out bags from the beginning of August. Business representatives are saying some store owne...

Jan 30, 2020 Soon to be history. The common grocery store check out bag will be banned in Prince Albert starting Aug.1. (File photo/paNOW Staff)

City council in Prince Albert, Sask., votes to give plastic bags the boot

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A city in northern Saskatchewan is believed to be the first in the province to have banned plastic checkout bagsPrince Albert city council passed a bylaw unanimously at a meetin...

Jan 28, 2020

Local leaders weigh in on provincial waste plan

With hopes of contributing less waste to landfills, provincial government officials are outlining new strategies on waste reduction.Saskatchewan's Solid Waste Management Strategy outlines six main goa...

Jan 24, 2020 The provincial government hopes to cut the amount of waste going into the province's landfills over the next 20 years. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)

North American bird population drops by three billion

The last 50 years have taken their toll on North American bird populations."We have lost a third of our bird population," Conservation Director with Nature Saskatchewan, Lorne Scott told paNOW.Scott e...

Jan 22, 2020 A turkey vulture. (submitted photo/Gary Houston)

R.M. of Prince Albert hires CSO to look after bylaw enforcement

A big change is coming to the way traffic tickets and bylaws are enforced in the Rural Municipality (R.M.) of Prince Albert.Larry Smytaniuk, nwho is currently the Community Safety Officer (CSO) for th...

Jan 22, 2020 Effective Feb. 1, this truck will be covering a lot more miles. (Submitted photo/ R.M. of Buckland)

Parks Canada says no to gondola proposed from Banff townsite to Mount Norquay

BANFF, Alta. - Parks Canada has rejected a proposed gondola to take skiers and hikers from Banff townsite to the summit at the Mount Norquay ski resort. The agency has been considering ...

Jan 21, 2020

Stranded snowmobiler rescued by rangers

A trapper in northern Saskatchewan is being credited for his help in saving a man's life.The 56-year-old man, who ventured out early Sunday afternoon on his snowmobile to cut some wood, got stuck in s...

Jan 20, 2020 A rescue call in Northern Saskatchewan Sunday ended with good news thanks to the quick thinking of a local trapper, and the fast response from the Canadian Rangers. (Facebook/Tammy Cook-Searson)