Environment

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)

Liberals: TMX pipeline could fund $500 million a year in clean energy projects

OTTAWA - The Liberal government expects to get $500 million a year out of the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline and is promising to spend it all on cleaner sources of energy and projects that...

Oct 24, 2019

Oilsands carbon liability at centre of closely watched New York fraud lawsuit

Alberta's oilsands are at the centre of a closely watched court battle in New York today. The state's attorney general is accusing Exxon Mobil of misrepresenting the risks the operations face as gover...

Oct 23, 2019

Re-elected Liberal government receives support from PAGC

The result of Monday's Federal election was fresh on the minds of chiefs attending Prince Albert Grand Council's (PAGC) Annual Assembly Tuesday at the Senator Allen Bird Memorial Gymnasium.Grand Chief...

Oct 22, 2019 The Prince Albert Grand Council Annual Assembly runs all day Tuesday at Senator Allen Bird Memorial Gymnasium. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

Nipawin receives three blooms, wins category at Saskatchewan’s Communities in Bloom

After being absent in the competition since 2005, the Town of Nipawin's comeback into Saskatchewan's Communities in Bloom (CiB) paid off.Nipawin received three blooms out of five - winning the 3,001 t...

Oct 21, 2019 Provincial Communities in Bloom judges met with Mayor Rennie Harper, town staff, and residents during their August tour of Nipawin. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

Organizations encouraging drivers to break

SGI and the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation are teaming up to ask drivers to be cautious about wildlife on highways.The Give Wildlife a Break campaign aims to make motorists more aware about the pres...

Oct 19, 2019 During the fall season moose and deer tend to be out and about more which can lead to collisions. (Ryan Brook/Twitter)

Duck Lake to get provincial, federal funding for landfill decommission

The Town of Duck Lake is getting support from both the provincial and federal governments.Both levels of government have agreed to contribute over $200,000 to help the town get the ball rolling in dec...

Oct 17, 2019 The Duck Lake landfill is set to close June 2020. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

Leave the leaves behind this autumn says land conservation organization

Keep the rake in the shed.That is what the Nature Conservancy of Canada says when it comes to people considering-or procrastinating-about cleaning up their yards this fall.Director of Conservation Cam...

Oct 16, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)