Murray Wood: Government nickel and dimes us in advance of Saskatchewan budget
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Deadlines to remove ice fishing shelters from Sask. lakes approaching
Saskatchewan's Ministry of Environment is reminding anglers to reel in their ice fishing shelters in the coming weeks. The deadlines to remove shelters south of Highway 16 is March 15, and March 31 is...
Feb 28, 2023 (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
Fish for free on Family Day this February
Family Day is Feb. 20 in Saskatchewan, and families who wish to do some ice fishing together can do so for free all weekend. The free fishing weekend runs Feb. 18-20, and all residents can fish withou...
Feb 08, 2023
Activists say Sask. First Act falls short on environmental regulation
Activists say environmental regulation can't be left up to Saskatchewan's government alone. Peter Prebble, a board member with the Saskatchewan Environmental Society (SES), said he and his group have ...
Jan 31, 2023
New carbon-capture system to make Regina airport greener
Regina's airport is looking to get a whole lot greener over the next seven years. On Tuesday, SaskEnergy and the Regina Airport Authority announced they've reached an agreement for a pilot project tha...
Jan 11, 2023 SaskEnergy acting president and CEO Mark Guillet (left) and Don Morgan, the minister responsible for SaskEnergy, with new carbon-capture technology at the Regina airport. (Shane Clausing/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan's biggest weather stories from 2022
Saskatchewan residents are no strangers to extreme weather, but it can still be hard to get used to the winters. David Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment Canada, spoke to John Gormley to ...
Dec 17, 2022
Town of Cabri, contractor and landowner fined for environmental violations
The southwestern Saskatchewan town of Cabri, a contractor and a landowner were fined recently for violations of the province’s environmental and waste management laws. In February, conservation ...
Dec 15, 2022
Hunters across Saskatchewan reminded to test for chronic wasting disease
As hunting season begins to wind down, Saskatchewan's environment ministry is reminding hunters to drop off animal heads so they can be tested for a concerning disease. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) i...
Dec 01, 2022
Environment Canada predicts first snowfall of the season in southern Sask.
The southern and eastern regions of Saskatchewan should prepare for the first snowfall of the season this weekend, according to Environment Canada. Environment Canada issued a special weather statemen...
Oct 21, 2022
Moe says federal climate policies could cost Saskatchewan $111 billion by 2035
Federal climate policies could cost Saskatchewan's economy more than $100 billion by 2035, according to Premier Scott Moe. On Tuesday, the provincial government released an analysis by the Ministry of...
Oct 11, 2022
Six heat records broken Wednesday around Saskatchewan
It was a hot one around the province Wednesday, and in six parts of the province, it was the hottest Aug. 31 ever recorded. According to preliminary data from Environment Canada, heat records for that...
Sep 01, 2022
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, March 18
8:30 - The province made a major announcement on Monday regarding a new AI data centre being developed through a partner...