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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.

The fight to keep invasive mussels from damaging B.C. lakes and waterways got some financial support this week, but it falls short of what's needed, officials say.

On Friday, 718 kilometres of the North Saskatchewan River, including Edmonton's river valley, were designated under the Canadian Heritage Rivers System.

Here's a look back on who was on 'Global News Morning Saskatoon' for Wednesday, Feb. 28.

The monarch butterflies aren't alone, either. Two subspecies of western bumblebee are being classified as threatened as well.

The 'Secure Firearms. Safe Communities.' campaign will be funded by the provincial government and be broadcast on radio, billboards and social media. 

An exploding population of hard-to-eradicate “super pigs” in Canada is threatening to spill south of the border, and northern states are taking steps to stop the invasion.

A family in Spiritwood, Sask. has been struggling to remove bats from their home.

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday against federal legislation dealing with the environmental effects of major developments.

A warning is going out to Saskatchewan hunters as dry conditions are expected to persist throughout Fall, keeping wildfire risk above average.

Mosquitos are out for the summer bringing a small risk to the population. Two birds were found with West Nile virus in July, and four in June. Yet overall, the risk is low.

The absence of rainfall has left rivers and wetlands dry, impacting species and plants in the province.

The river valley was chosen because it’s central in the city and has abundant access, while the other locations are less accessible, the study said.

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.