Murray Wood: Sask. farmers pay the price for Ottawa's gopher ban
Gophers are chewing through crops and profits, and farmers blame Ottawa's strychnine ban. They say the damage is out of ...
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Elk found killed with cord wrapped around head south of Moose Jaw
A Moose Jaw conservation officer is reminding those in rural Saskatchewan to rid their yards of things wildlife can get into. The message comes after Kyle Hanson received a call about an elk dead on t...
Feb 05, 2020 An elk was found with an extension cord wrapped around its head and antlers after getting hit by a vehicle on Highway 2 south of Moose Jaw in January 2020.
Snaring expert defends cougar trapper
A man posing with a trapped cougar has stirred up some social media backlash, but a trapping expert thinks the criticism is unfair. Wrangler Hamm, the president of the Saskatchewan Trappers Associatio...
Jan 08, 2020
Australian crews race to contain blazes as damage bill soars
BALMORAL, Australia - Bolstered by cooler weather and desperately needed rain, exhausted firefighters in Australia raced to shore up defences against deadly wildfires before the blazes flare again wit...
Jan 07, 2020
Harvest time brings out increased wildlife numbers across the province
With harvest time comes increased traffic for Saskatchewan roadways. Farm machinery is standard in these months, but so is wildlife as animals look for vegetation and seek out their winter homes. R...
Sep 10, 2019
Deer data needed for tracking CWD: Environment ministry
The province is asking hunters for 2,000 deer heads, in order to monitor a progressive disease among wildlife. The environment ministry wants to track the effects that chronic wasting disease (CWD) ha...
Nov 26, 2018 A photo of a male White-tailed deer. (Wikipedia)
‘Beat it!’ 95-year-old Vancouver Island woman tells bear who got into sugar bin
UNION BAY, B.C. - Anna Stady has never met a bear she didn't like, but that doesn't mean she wants one in her kitchen. The 95-year-old Vancouver Island woman says she shooed a black bear out of her ho...
Aug 03, 2018
Bears killed, trapped with more sightings in Candle Lake
Anyone planning a summer vacation to Candle Lake may want to keep an eye out for bears. The resort village has received numerous calls of bear sightings and interactions in residential and camping are...
Jul 19, 2018 Candle Lake Resort Village is warning people about an increase in bear sightings and interactions this summer. (Candle Lake Parks and Recreation/Facebook)
Sask. butcher pleads guilty to selling wild meat
A man from a Saskatchewan Hutterite colony has pleaded guilty to trafficking wild goose meat. Provincial conservation officers started an undercover investigation in 2014 after they learned of large a...
Jan 03, 2018 Wild goose jerky seized in a wild meat trafficking investigation by Saskatchewan conservation officers. (Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment)
Rescuer says snowy owl pulled from SUV grille in Saskatchewan is healing
REGINA - The director of an animal rescue group in Regina says she's seeing a big increase in the number of injured snowy owls, but last week was the first time she pulled one out of a vehicle's grill...
Jan 02, 2018
Only 2 coyotes caught in Regina this year: city pest control
Catching coyotes in Regina can be almost as tricky as hunting the road runner. Only two coyotes were caught this year - both in the spring - according to Russell Eirich, the city's manager of pest con...
Sep 14, 2017 Regina's manager of forestry, pest control and horticulture Russell Eirich speaks to media on Aug. 29, 2017, about maple bugs. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
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