Environment

Know before you go: put safety first this Victoria Day weekend

The provincial government is encouraging all Albertans to follow public health guidelines and take extra steps to keep themselves and members of their household safe as they head out to provincial par...

May 15, 2020

Fire restrictions remain in place in Red Deer County

Red Deer County Fire Services would like to remind the public that a restricted fire order is in effect for all of Red Deer County. Windy conditions and a lack of rain have created dry conditions, whi...

May 15, 2020

NewsAlert: National parks, historic sites partly reopening June 1

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has announced that national parks will gradually reopen starting June, signalling the federal government's first halting steps to bringing Canada out o...

May 14, 2020

Learn to stop the spread during Invasive Species Awareness Week

Albertans are encouraged to learn how they can contain certain species not healthy for the local biome during what is Canada's second annual Invasive Species Awareness Week.The week runs from runs May...

May 14, 2020

NewsAlert: National parks, historic sites partly reopening June 1

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has announced that national parks will gradually reopen starting June, signalling the federal government's first halting steps to bringing Canada out o...

May 14, 2020

Alberta expands electronics recycling pilot

The Alberta Government says it is kick-starting an expanded electronics recycling project that will support job creation, grow the economy and help municipalities divert more reusable material from la...

May 11, 2020

Alberta farmers still finishing "harvest from hell" with new season underway

Before Alberta farmers can get going with the 2020 growing season they first need to finish up with what's been described by some as the "harvest from hell."As of the last Alberta Crop Report (Dec. 3,...

May 11, 2020

Annual species count going ahead May 30-31

With the current situation with COVID-19, the Red Deer River Naturalists are still going ahead with their May Species Count on May 30 and 31. Organizers say that since this activity does not involve p...

May 11, 2020

‘Don’t panic’ over giant hornets flying into Red Deer

They're creating quite a buzz, thanks in part to their menacing nickname, but a local nature expert says there's not much worry that "murder hornets" will be flying into central Alberta anytime soon. ...

May 06, 2020 An Asian giant hornet from Japan is seen at the Washington state Department of Agriculture, on May 4. (Associated Press photo)

Alberta delays release of guidelines on parks partnerships

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is delaying the release of information on its parks partnership plan.A spokeswoman for Environment Minister Jason Nixon says staff have been too busy working on parks...

May 04, 2020