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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.

A Manitoba First Nation is asking a Court of King's Bench judge to put a stop to this fall's moose hunt in its territory.

As harvest is underway in Saskatchewan, the government is reminding producers to exercise caution and stay safe.

Chronic wasting disease, which affects animals such as deer, caribou, moose and elk by attacking nervous systems with universally fatal results.

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.

An international panel of scientists is warning that one of Canada's iconic species — the woodland caribou — will soon be "on the road to extinction" without immediate efforts by federal and provincial agencies to protect the animal's increasingly disturbed boreal habitat.

REGINA - Saskatchewan is considering allowing hunters to kill more moose, fearing the animal's growing population roaming the rolling southern prairie is becoming a danger to drivers.

OTTAWA - Farmers hit by a major drought in Ontario and Quebec say they're growing frustrated by delays in getting federal dollars to help bring in desperately needed hay from Western Canada.

OTTAWA - Farmers hit by a major drought in Ontario and Quebec say they're growing frustrated by delays in getting federal dollars to help bring in desperately needed hay from Western Canada.

OTTAWA - Farmers hit by a major drought in Ontario and Quebec say they're growing frustrated by delays in getting federal dollars to help bring in desperately needed hay from Western Canada.

<p>It’s mating season for moose and Saskatchewan motorists should be weary of love taps. </p>

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.

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.