6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (198+ words) A British Columbia legislature member who went to law school with missing mountaineer Kalie McCrystal says the woman’s family and friends are “sitting by the phone” as they await updates on the search in Italy. Penticton-Summerland MLA Amelia Boultbee says…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (242+ words) Several unused vehicles caught fire and ignited nearby brush north of Prince Albert last week, prompting a multi-agency response. Buckland Fire and Rescue was called to a vegetation fire on Lempereur Road at about 3:11 p.m. on Aug. 27. Firefighters heading to the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (584+ words) Neeral Patel sent well-wishes to her cousin on his birthday last Wednesday, but she never heard back. Her cousin Ishan Patel was in Nepal at the time, not far from the border with China, where a devastating flash flood ripped…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (195+ words) Brig. Gen. Raja Ram Basnet, Nepal’s army spokesman, said authorities intensified their rescue efforts in the disaster zones. “We are working in search and rescue of the stranded people from hills, settlements and river areas,” he said. Multiple foreign rescue…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (377+ words) A routine watercraft inspection in Blackstrap Provincial Park may have helped keep invasive mussels from making their way to Saskatchewan’s waters. According to the Government of Saskatchewan, conservation officers stopped a vehicle towing a boat in the park southeast of…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (727+ words) Rescue workers and military personnel have been working around the clock since Wednesday’s disaster, which killed more than 600 people and left about 3,000 missing. Some survivors have been pulled from the mud, while crews continue searching several locations for those still…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (218+ words) PRINCE GEORGE — The federal government has announced more than $50 million in contracts for the construction of three separate hatcheries in British Columbia aimed at salmon conservation. Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the projects will be on traditional First Nations territory…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago   (572+ words) DUCK LAKE — It was 150 years ago when First Nations chiefs and dignitaries met at Fort Carlton, in the wilderness of what is now Saskatchewan, to carve out a lasting agreement on how to work and live as the modern shape…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (561+ words) A number of dead fish found in the water and along the shores of multiple lakes and rivers in Saskatchewan are likely the result of high temperatures lowering oxygen levels in the water, according to a provincial fisheries ecologist. Hayden…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (815+ words) A Saskatchewan activist is adjusting to life on land after being detained on an anti-whaling protest boat off the coast of Iceland. Shannon Mann was stuck on the vessel for close to a week in early August, not knowing when…...