Environment

Clear and unequivocal: Thousands of scientists sign letter on climate crisis

An open letter signed by thousands of scientists from around the world may be the clearest demonstration yet of their near-unanimous agreement over the globe's emerging climate crisis. Published ...

Nov 05, 2019

From pavement to plate: Should Saskatchewan residents be allowed to eat roadkill?

Saskatchewan residents hoping to turn roadside deer into dinner, will have to pump the brakes.The state of California passed legislation on Oct. 13, would allow the set-up of programs to grant golden ...

Nov 01, 2019 The state of California has passed legislation, legalizing the harvesting of roadkill. (ID 48732960 © Franky | Dreamstime.com)

Picking up after Halloween

As little ghouls and goblins prepare to descend on Prince Albert tonight, the city's sanitation manager is encouraging them to leave nothing but spooky footprints behind on the snowy streets. "Act res...

Oct 31, 2019 Plastic candy wrappers are not recyclable and must be put in the garbage. (107673110 © Viktoriya Kuzmenkova)

Cow moose shot and left near Lake Charron

The Turn in Poachers (TIP) line wants your help in finding out who shot and killed a cow moose in the area.Melfort conservation officers received a TIP call Oct. 21 about the moose that was shot on th...

Oct 31, 2019 (Facebook/SaskTip)

P4 Trapping Block council calls for moratorium on logging

Members of the P4 Trapping Block at the north end of Montreal Lake are calling on the provincial government to immediately impose a moratorium on all logging practices in the area. In a letter to Mini...

Oct 30, 2019 The provincial government confirmed it received the letter. (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Snowy weather leads to increase in winter tire installations

It's a busy time for tire shops across the province, as residents scramble to get winter tires on their vehicles.Scott Romaniuk of OK Tire in Melfort told northeastNOW their phone has been ringing off...

Oct 30, 2019 Melfort OK Tire owner Scott Romaniuk works on a tire rim. (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)

Alberta tables climate plan for industry; retains key parts of old legislation

EDMONTON - Alberta has introduced a new climate plan for the province's big greenhouse gas emitters that it says will achieve similar emissions cuts as the former NDP government's plan and at less cos...

Oct 29, 2019 (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

Snow in the northeast to stick around for now

The snow is here, and it doesn't look like it will leave any time soon.According to Environment and Climate Change Canada Meteorologist Terri Lang, the snow should be on and off throughout the next we...

Oct 29, 2019 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)

Snowy weather arrives across the province

It was a snowy weekend for much of Saskatchewan, and we may be in store for some more.Environment Canada said the overnight snowfall peaked at around two to three centimeters in many areas of the prov...

Oct 27, 2019 (Brady Lang/ CKOM Staff)

SaskPower, MLTC sign power agreement for 8 MW of biomass power

SaskPower and the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) have signed a power purchase agreement for up to eight megawatts of biomass power.The Indigenous-owned MLTC Bioenergy Centre will be the first of it...

Oct 25, 2019 Minister of Trade & Export Development Jeremy Harrison, Makwa Sahgaiehcan FN Chief Ronald Mitsuing, Meadow Lake Tribal Chief Richard Ben, Flying Dust First Nation Chief Jeremy Norman, SaskPower President and CEO Mike Marsh, and Sylvia Bekkattla. (supplied/SaskPower)