Tag Archives: Environment

Snow geese breasts left to waste near Quill Lake
The Saskatchewan Turn in Poachers program wants information on a recent waste of snow geese breasts. Wadena conservation officers received information last Tuesday about snow geese breasts that were u...
May 22, 2025

Prince Albert Model Forest wants to grow presence in the city
The Prince Albert Model Forest hopes to make the city greener by applying energy, teamwork and creativity to their goals. On Monday, General Manager Peter Friedrechsen asked Prince Albert city council...
May 21, 2025

Too cute to help? Conservation officers say leave baby wildlife alone
That baby deer lying quietly in the grass might seem lost, but according to Saskatchewan conservation officers, it's right where it's supposed to be-and no, they don't need a ride.As warmer weather dr...
May 21, 2025

RCMP visit B.C. ostrich farm to prepare for potential cull enforcement and arrests
RCMP liaison officers have visited a British Columbia ostrich farm to prepare for potential arrests at the property where protesters are trying to prevent a cull of about 400 birds ordered by the Cana...
May 21, 2025

'The path disappeared:' Landslide sweeps away home and road northeast of Montreal
SAINTE-MONIQUE - Andr Lemire said he was woken up early Wednesday morning by his partner, who had heard ominous noises outside the farm where they live in Ste-Monique, Que. They left the home, and whe...
May 21, 2025

La Ronge bird count shows fewer numbers, but more species
Data from the annual spring bird count in the La Ronge area has been compiled, and it shows a drop in the overall number of birds, but an increase in the amount of species. The bird count was held Apr...
May 20, 2025

Indigenous groups send eviction notice to Quebec forestry companies
MONTREAL - Two Indigenous organizations have issued eviction notices to a number of Quebec forestry companies in the province's Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Mauricie and Cte-Nord regions. The Mamo allianc...
May 20, 2025

Wildfire risk in northern Sask. remains extreme, little rain in forecast
Efforts to contain fires burning in the northern boreal forest continue and a pre-evacuation alert remains in effect for residents of Candle Lake.The Camp and Shoe fires are still the two wildfires re...
May 20, 2025

Majority of Quebecers think province should end carbon pricing, survey says
MONTREAL - Weeks after Prime Minister Mark Carney scrapped the federal consumer carbon levy, more than half of Quebecers want their province to follow suit and abolish its own price on carbon, a new p...
May 20, 2025

Bank of Canada rate cut odds for June fall after April inflation data
OTTAWA - Signs that underlying inflation was picking up in April put the Bank of Canada in a tricky position ahead of its June interest rate decision, with some economists arguing a second straight pa...
May 20, 2025