Tag Archives: Environment

Students from Riverside School took to the pond Thursday afternoon as they learned more about fish habitats near the city.As part of their outdoor education class, students released rainbow trout into...

Residents of La Loche are busy this week participating in emergency firefighting training."There's usually pretty good interest in the firefighting training because it helps to provide some part-time ...

OTTAWA - A Senate committee says the Trudeau government's bill to ban oil tanker traffic off British Columbia's northern coast will divide the country, inflame separatist sentiment...

EDMONTON - Alberta's consumer carbon tax is now officially gone. Members of the legislature voted last night to pass the bill that repeals the tax, and it was signed into law by Lt.-Gov. Lois Mit...

Prince Albert was treated to a healthy dose of precipitation Monday, as a thunderstorm cell moved through the area, bringing with it much needed moisture.According to Terri Lang, a meteorologist with ...

Residents will notice some new activity taking place at Little Red River Park this summer.The City of Prince Albert is gearing up to plant shrubs along the river bank in the park. Tim Yeaman, parks ma...

Residents of the Muskoday First Nation are being urged to use caution while spending time outdoors, as numerous bears have been spotted In the community in recent days.Although no negative interaction...

Some residents in northern Alberta have started to return home after being forced by wildfires to leave their communities two weeks ago. An evacuation order was lifted this morning for resid...

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says forest fires have always been around and carbon taxes won't do anything to change that. Kenney says a number of factors, including climate change,...

EDMONTON - Alberta's consumer carbon tax is dead, setting the stage for a showdown with Ottawa over the imposition of a new one.The province cancelled its tax on gasoline at the pumps and on home heat...