Environment

Agriculture, trade ministers will testify in April on Chinese canola issue

OTTAWA - A pair of federal cabinet ministers have been called on to testify before a parliamentary committee on China's move to reject canola shipments from one of Canada's largest grain pro...

Mar 17, 2019

City dealing with water line breaks following extreme cold

The extreme cold that lingered over much of the winter is causing infrastructure problems for local city crews despite the warmer weather of late. The City of Prince Albert issued a notice to resident...

Mar 16, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Discussing climate change, culture and health

The effects of climate change have been widely discussed in scientific communities for years, but now many are talking about the effects climate change may cause on a much smaller scale.Dr. Courtney H...

Mar 15, 2019 Dr. Courtney Howard spoke in Prince Albert Thursday about the effects of climate change not only on the planet, but on an individual level. (File photo/Brady Bateman)

Diamond mine could take 6 years to start: expert

A diamond industry expert says even if Rio Tinto decides to proceed with a diamond mining operation at Fort la Corne, east of Prince Albert, it wouldn't start up for at least another six years. The mi...

Mar 13, 2019 (Submitted/Star Diamond)

Melfort residents encouraged not to feed wild animals

While the nobleness is noticed, the City of Melfort is asking residents not feed deer or any wild animals with bait stations.The Melfort Fire Department said there have already been multiple deer hit ...

Mar 12, 2019 The Melfort Fire Department is encouraging residents not to feed wild animals with bait stations (Facebook/ Melfort Fire & Rescue)

What'sHappeningNOW March 12, 2019

News director Glenn Hicks speaks with reporter Brady Bateman about changes cannabis retailers are introducing to try and combat large quantities of waste plastic caused by government regulated cannabi...

Mar 12, 2019

Cannabis companies ‘going green’ by recycling containers

It's been four months since recreational marijuana use was legalized across Canada, but retailers are hoping to curb the amount of waste from hard plastic packaging - one of the mandates included in t...

Mar 12, 2019 Prince Albert cannabis retailer Prairie Cannabis has a recycling bin set up in store for customers to return their waste packaging. The store is currently looking to secure a company to accept the recyclable containers. (submitted photo/Prairie Cannabis)

Love is in the air at P.A. National Park

People who visit Prince Albert National Park during the early morning hours and later into the evening may notice the park is a bit livelier.David Britton, superintendent of the park told paNOW about ...

Mar 12, 2019 Great Grey Owl. Photo taken by David Britton near Christopher Lake, SK (submitted photo/Prince Albert National Park

As winter ends, P.A. family reflects on snow fortress

With warm weather just over the horizon, most Prince Albert residents are thinking of ways to say good riddance to the abundance of snow.Yet one Prince Albert family had a different plan in mind when ...

Mar 11, 2019 Almost two months of work led to the creation of this impressive snow fortress. (File photo/Brady Bateman) : Brady Bateman

Winter is leaving as spring-like conditions hit the Battlefords

Mild weather to start to the week is bringing optimism for spring to the area. Winter doesn't officially end until March 20, but temperatures are already spring-like in the Battlefords.There will be a...

Mar 11, 2019 The hopeful scene for the next bit as winter is now in the rear-view mirror (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Brady Lang