Environment

Northern Alberta residents start returning home after two-week evacuation due to fire

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...

Jun 03, 2019

Kenney says carbon taxes won't help stop forest fire threat

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,...

May 31, 2019

Alberta passes law to kill provincial carbon tax, federal tax looms

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...

May 30, 2019

City testing trees for invasive emerald ash borer

North Battleford City Hall has started testing for the presence of the emerald ash borer (EAB) in ash trees in the area.The small metallic-green invasive beetle that destroys ash trees feeds underneat...

May 29, 2019 The City of North Battleford is testing for the Emerald Ash Borer to see if it is present in the area. (Facebook/Government of Saskatchewan)

City dealing with residents putting non-recyclables into recycling bins

Plastic dolls; Styrofoam; metallic products, such as cookware; and ink cartridges. These are a sampling of items that have been found in North Battleford's recycling bins that do not belong there.The ...

May 28, 2019 North Battleford city council is facing the ongoing challenge of residents putting non-recyclable products in their blue bins and contaminating the load. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Spring seeding progressing in the area

With summer now on the horizon, seeding in the area has been going smoothly, according to the latest crop report. Throughout the province, 73 per cent of the crop is now seeded, which is a big jump fr...

May 24, 2019 Seeding is well above the five year average for this time of year in the province. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Mayor says northern Alberta town still under threat from nearby wildfire

HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - The mayor of a northwestern Alberta town says the threat from a powerful wildfire burning three kilometres away has not passed and warns evacuees they could be out longer...

May 24, 2019

Wind remains on firefighters' side in bout with northern Alberta wildfire

HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - Despite heavy smoke, officials say a lighter wind out of the northeast has allowed for great progress on reining in a wildfire that's forced thousands of people from thei...

May 22, 2019

Province: Wildlife belong in the wild

Spring can be an exciting time for nature enthusiasts with young animals like fawns, ducklings and rabbits appearing. However, the provincial government wants to remind the public to leave wildlife al...

May 19, 2019 The Government of Saskatchewan wants people to remember to leave wildlife in the wild. (file photo/paNOW Staff)

Fishing season opens door for northern economy

Saskatchewan gets a bad rap for being flat, but our province makes up for that stigma with great natural resources, including fishing.Anglers in the Lakeland had May 15, marked on their calendar as th...

May 15, 2019 Anglers in the Lakeland may now break out the rod and reel. (Ronald Quaroni/paNOW Staff)