Opening Grain Prices Tuesday, April 2

Opening Grain Prices Tuesday, April 2

Apr 2, 2024 | 9:13am
Durum                         387.37 Feed barley                  227.58  Canola                          609.52 Chickpeas                     992.08 Flax            […]
Temperatures to climb well above normal this week

Temperatures to climb well above normal this week

Apr 2, 2024 | 7:55am
CKRM FORECAST From:             Precision Weather Service Meteorologist Russ Murley Date:              Tuesday, April 2, 2024                  3:00 am Weather Forecast Temperature Chance Precip Today Partly to mostly sunny   Wind: N-NW 10-20 km/h  High: 10° 10% Tonight Partly cloudy    Wind: SE 15-25 km/h Low: 0° 20% Wednesday Partly to mostly sunny   Wind:  S-SE 20-40 km/h […]
Grocery code of conduct won’t drive prices higher: Empire chief executive

Grocery code of conduct won’t drive prices higher: Empire chief executive

Apr 2, 2024 | 7:53am
Empire Co. Ltd. chief executive Michael Medline said there’s no evidence that a grocery code of conduct would raise food prices for Canadians. The president and CEO of Sobeys’ parent company made the comment at a Retail Council of Canada event in Toronto on Tuesday. Medline said he wouldn’t support a grocery code of conduct […]
Budget day in Manitoba expected to change several taxes, credits and refunds

Budget day in Manitoba expected to change several taxes, credits and refunds

Apr 2, 2024 | 7:44am
Manitoba’s NDP government is set to introduce its first budget today since winning last October’s election. The fiscal plan is expected to include rebates on electric vehicles, a bigger tax credit for fertility treatments, and free prescription birth control — all of which were NDP campaign promises. The budget is also extending the fuel-tax holiday […]
Canada’s Gushue tops New Zealand’s Hood 7-4 at world men’s curling championship

Canada’s Gushue tops New Zealand’s Hood 7-4 at world men’s curling championship

Apr 2, 2024 | 7:14am
Canada’s Brad Gushue improved to 4-1 following a 7-4 nine-end victory over New Zealand’s Anton Hood at the world men’s curling championship on Tuesday. The two teams traded singles through the opening four ends before Gushue took control of things in the fifth with a steal of one, followed by a deuce in the sixth […]
A Canadian now holds a medical world record

A Canadian now holds a medical world record

Apr 2, 2024 | 7:07am
Photo by Robina Weermeijer When I was on location in Fort Qu’Appelle earlier in March I met a man who underwent a successful kidney transplant. He was a fascinating individual talk to because he felt comfortable enough to share his story with with me. He had been on dialysis for several years prior to the […]
Canadian-American citizen among seven aid workers killed by Israeli airstrike in Gaza

Canadian-American citizen among seven aid workers killed by Israeli airstrike in Gaza

Apr 2, 2024 | 6:46am
A Canadian-American citizen is among the seven aid workers who were killed by an apparent Israeli airstrike in Gaza. The World Central Kitchen says three British nationals, an Australian, a Polish national, an Canadian-American dual citizen and a Palestinian working for the charity were in the process of delivering food that had arrived by sea […]
Saskatchewan Roughriders sign receiver Emilus to one-year contract extension

Saskatchewan Roughriders sign receiver Emilus to one-year contract extension

Apr 1, 2024 | 8:32pm
The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed Canadian receiver Samuel Emilus to a one-year contract extension Monday. The deal keeps Emilus with the Riders through the 2025 season. The six-foot-one 200-pound Montreal native registered 70 catches for 1,097 yards and six TDs last season, just his second in the CFL. Saskatchewan selected Emilus, 26, in the first round, No. 7 overall, in […]