SASKATOON – Drug trafficking and weapons charges against a man continue to drag out for more than three years in Saskatoon Provincial Court. Rudi Betthel had another appearance in Saskatoon Provincial Court on June 10, and it was adjourned to June 13. Betthel was first arrested in April 2021 during a Saskatoon traffic stop by […]

Durum                         374.06  Feed barley                 231.57    Canola                         590.72 (down 4.40)        Chickpeas                   925.94  Flax      […]

A crew led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society has found the long-sought wreck of the Quest, the final expedition ship that belonged to famed Irish explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. John Geiger, leader of the Shackleton Quest Expedition, says sonar scans located the wreck on Sunday, sitting on its keel on the sea floor about […]

A crew led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society has found the long-sought wreck of the Quest, the final expedition ship that belonged to famed Irish explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. John Geiger, leader of the Shackleton Quest Expedition, says sonar scans located the wreck on Sunday, sitting on its keel on the sea floor about 80 kilometres off […]

Weather Forecast Temperature Chance Precip Today Becoming mostly sunny        Wind:  Becomes W-NW 25-50 km/h High:  22° 20% Tonight Becoming partly cloudy – isolated showers   Wind: W-NW 15-30 km/h Low: 8° 30% Thursday Mainly cloudy – isolated showers   Wind: NW 15-25 km/h High: 21° 30% Thursday night Partly cloudy   Wind: W-SW 10-20 […]

A new crop of prospects were welcomed into the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League on Tuesday as the league held its 2024 SJHL Prospects Draft. The draft saw 68 total players selected by the twelve member clubs with two rounds of selections of 2009-born players, followed by six rounds of selections of 2008-born players. “We would […]

Workers at Canada’s borders are no longer planning to go on strike this week after their union reached a tentative agreement with the federal government. The Public Service Alliance of Canada said Tuesday it reached a deal with the government for Canada Border Services Agency employees after working “around the clock.”  If such an agreement couldn’t be hammered out, the union […]

WESTERN PRODUCER – Looming changes to Canada’s capital gains inclusion rates will increase average taxes by 30 per cent on the country’s family-run grain farms, putting their futures at risk, according to research conducted by the Grain Growers of Canada (GGC). “Our research shows that an average grain farm in Canada, most of which are family owned […]

Wade Klippenstein, a prominent figure in hockey and native of Boissevain, Manitoba has been named the new Director of Hockey Development at Athol Murray College of Notre Dame. Klippenstein, who broke into the NHL with the Colorado Avalanche, will officially start his new role on July 1, 2024. The position drew a deep pool of […]

Two men with SpaceX have descended on a Saskatchewan farm to retrieve cosmic junk that fell earlier this year from one of its spacecraft. They pulled up to the farm near Ituna in a moving truck then lugged the debris into the back. The men didn’t give their names but confirmed they work for SpaceX, a company […]