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Feral pigs have become a massive global problem, damaging crops, ecosystems and infrastructure, posing a potential health hazard and, in some cases, getting aggressive with people.

There are no indications that H5N1 bird flu would spark a pandemic, but experts urged preparedness including stockpiling vaccines and using wastewater testing.

REGINA - In the opening credits of the TV show "Northern Exposure," a moose wanders through the fictional town of Cicely, Alaska, without much fuss.

CALGARY - Concerns are being raised that the endangered sage grouse could disappear from Canada after a dramatic drop in its population was noticed.

EDMONTON - The province is allocating $190 million in emergency funding to fight wildfires and attack mountain pine beetle infestations in Alberta forests, the government announced Thursday.

OTTAWA - Somewhere between planning the annual turkey trap shoot and getting ready for the big game and fish awards, members of the Williams Lake Sportsmen's Association in B.C. had hoped for a little party this fall to celebrate the end of the long-gun registry.

Members of the Saskatoon Wildlife Federation’s Hunt 4 Hunger program dropped off close to 600 pounds of ground venison to the Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre.

Over the last five years, there have been more than $83-million in insurance claims as a result of animal collisions, the most common being with deer in Saskatchewan.

OTTAWA - The federal government will expand environmental monitoring of the Alberta oilsands to capture everything from its effect on birds' eggs to whether people as far away as the Northwest Territories are being exposed to potentially toxic air.

A list, in chronological order, of some of the notable Canadians who died in 2012.

OTTAWA - Next week's budget will propose a streamlined environmental assessment process, something which will delight the oil patch and give provinces a larger say over resource development.

Saskatchewan’s big game draw opens on May 1. Hunters have until midnight on May 25 to submit their online applications.

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The province said in a news release on Sunday that the season launches on Sept. 1 in more than 50 wildlife management units in southern and east-central Alberta.

Saskatchewan Agriculture says four per cent of the 2020 crop is harvested as SaskPower urges farmers to exercise caution around overhead power lines.

Saskatoon police seized 600 firearms in 2019.

Hunting, conservation groups call for more action from Ottawa on chronic wasting disease.

A sign of spring in Saskatoon is the return of the Meewasin Valley Authority's annual pelican watch contest.

In the final days of ice fishing season, the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation says the sport was a good fit for COVID-19 protocols and there were plenty of angling licences sold.

While we may think of tigers and rhinoceroses when we consider animals that are threatened, Canada has many of its own.