A new study out this month says reliance on food banks and other charities could increase by 60 percent this year. More than 1300 Canadian food charity groups were surveyed at the end of last year by Second Harvest,Canada’s largest food rescue organization. CEO Lori Nikkel says we might be in a new year, […]
Wakaw RCMP responded to a report of a violent assault involving the use of a firearm on the One Arrow First Nation around 10:30 p.m. last night. Their preliminary investigation has determined the incident was targeted. The suspect is believed to be an adult male. Around 2 a.m. this morning on One Arrow First Nation […]
The Saskatchewan Sclerotinia risk map is showing low levels for nearly all areas of the province, but there are some hotspots with potential for the canola disease in the upcoming year. This includes Meota in the northwest, Birch Hills southeast of Prince Albert and Guernsey, 185 kilometers northwest of Regina. Disease assessments were made […]
Do your kids know what to do if they are approached by strangers in vehicles? Warman RCMP are sounding the alarm this morning after an incident prompted a search in the community for a man driving a black two door pickup truck. The man allegedly attempted to abduct a youth yesterday – the incident took […]
The Western Canadian Crop Production Show was used as the backdrop to announce five new inductees into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame. Hall of Fame president Reed Andrew of Regina made the announcement. The inductees include Bill Huber from Lipton, who was president of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association for two-and-half years from 2017 […]
A past president of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association, Harold Martens, has passed away. Martens was 81. He was reeve of the RM of Excelsior, Agriculture minister in the Devine government, and served as deputy opposition leader. He retired from politics to return to ranching, and later served as president of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers […]
The Saskatchewan government has released the latest Clubroot distribution map, outlining the RM’s where clubroot has been found. The soil-borne disease can cause significant yield losses in susceptible crops like canola and when environmental conditions are favourable. Key to reducing yield losses include crop rotation, resistant varieties and sanitation practices. Last year, over 500 fields […]
Regina-based Protein Industries Canada has opened a new round of applications for support for its artificial intelligence program. CEO Bill Greuel says Protein Industries Canada has a 30 million dollar program. Its designed to help food companies and farm machinery companies use artificial intelligence to expand production and sales of prairie grown crops. He says […]
The province’s Trade and Export development office says Saskatchewan’s economy remains one of the strongest in the nation. The province says November merchandise exports saw a 45 percent increase compared to November 2021. This is the second highest increase among provinces. Total merchandise exports for November 2022 were worth more than 5 billion dollars. […]
Researchers from the University of Saskatchewan have used the Canadian Light Source to study a common agriculture byproduct to treat wastewater contaminated by antibiotics and other pharmaceutical chemicals. The study found flax shives that have been treated with heat and steam adsorb the medication carbamazepine from wastewater. Flax shives are the material left after fibre […]
