Tag Archives: Environment
From Fort Smith to global finance and back, Carney's not your usual politician
OTTAWA - Even when Mark Carney was still in high school, his friends bugged him about whether he would become prime minister one day. His answer was one fit for a future politician: to never confirm n...
Mar 09, 2025
Northern Chief concerned about wild pig discovery in Northern Sask.
The Chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) is concerned about a wild pig recently being discovered in traditional territory. Last weekend, a land user near Weyakwin shot and killed a wild pig w...
Mar 08, 2025
'A way of life': next generation of hunters learn the tradition
There's a moment hunters face in the anticipation of their shot. For some, they feel their breathing change rapidly, others tremble and their limbs become unsteady as the adrenaline rushes in. For 13-...
Mar 08, 2025
Feds refuse protection order for southern resident orcas, rejecting ministers' advice
OTTAWA - The federal government is rejecting the recommendations of two of its own ministers and refusing to issue an emergency order protecting southern resident killer whales from "imminent threats"...
Mar 07, 2025
Adversaries see opportunities to exploit 'strategically valuable' Arctic, CSIS says
OTTAWA - Canada's spy agency warns that colliding global developments make the Arctic an "attractive, strategic and vulnerable destination" for foreign adversaries seeking to establish a presence in C...
Mar 05, 2025
La Ronge fire dept. rescues owl bullied by crows
One owl has been saved from bullying from birds of a different feather thanks to an alert member of the La Ronge Fire Department. The department noticed the injured owl in its parking lot this morning...
Mar 04, 2025
Wild pig discovery near Weyakwin alarming and shocking: U of S professor
A University of Saskatchewan professor is calling the discovery of wild pigs near Weyakwin alarming and shocking. On Saturday, land user and Montreal Lake Cree Nation member Jarret Nelson was checking...
Mar 03, 2025
MN-S celebrates legal victory with SCC decision
The Mtis Nation of Saskatchewan is celebrating a major victory after the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed that the Nation has a right to challenge the province on its refusal to commit to a consultati...
Mar 03, 2025
Disrupting the Peace: On a B.C. ranch, fracking earthquakes rattle a way of life
Bo Hedges' parents have lived on their ranch north of Fort St. John, B.C., for close to 50 years, running the Dead Horse Creek Cattle Company on the property where a natural spring bubbles up near the...
Mar 02, 2025
B.C. man in close encounter with dolphin pod while shooting video with watercraft
SQUAMISH, B.C. - A British Columbia entrepreneur experienced a once-in-a-lifetime wildlife encounter this week when a pod of dolphins chased him down while he was shooting a video on his personal wate...
Feb 28, 2025