Saskatchewan’s general farm group has a new president. Ian Boxal of Tisdale has been elected president of APAS. Boxall says his goals are to seek improved farm support programs, rural internet and cell phone service. He says other issues include changes to grain delivery contracts. Ian Boxall replaces Todd Lewis, who completed his six year […]
APAS welcomes announcement of a third multi-million dollar canola crushing plant for Regina. Federated Co-op is building a renewable diesel plant, using canola. A joint venture with AGT Foods will see construction of a 360 million dollar, 1.1 million ton canola crushing plant. Outgoing APAS president Todd Lewis calls it great news for farmers. Lewis […]
A letter sent to parents in the Regina Public School Division from Director of the division Greg Enion paints a grim picture of staffing levels at public schools. The letter – sent out January 17th, reports that “To date school operations have been strained, as staff members are having to cover for absent colleagues. Availability […]
On December 25th of 2021 the SLGA computer network was targeted in a cyber attack. Upon learning of the incident the SLGA quickly took steps to secure it’s system and mitigate the impact on data. An independent cyber security expert has been retained by the SLGA and an investigation is being conducted. The initial results […]
The Regina Police auto unit recovered a stolen vehicle at 9:30 am January 12th. The vehicle was parked and running on the 400 block of Toronto Street with a male driver passed out behind the wheel. Police found the truck was stolen. Officers were able to arrest a 48-year-old man. A subsequent search of the […]
Farm Credit Canada is advising farmers to watch five key trends in the coming year. FCC chief economist J.P. Gervais says inflation and interest rates are among the important issues for farmers to watch closely in 2022. He says interest rates could rise 1.25 percent this year. Gervais says other issues for farmers to watch […]
Charges have been laid in a homicide that took place on January 8th in the northern village of Air Ronge. The body of 46-year-old Jennifer Hendry was found by police after a call was placed. The RCMP major crimes unit arrested a teenage male from the La Ronge area in connection to the investigation – […]
On January 13th the province reported case total fell below 1000 for the first time in the last several days with 945 new cases reported. Of the new cases 294 are in the Saskatoon region and 283 are in the Regina area, 66 are in the central east region. There are 123 hospitalized patients with […]
In a tweet sent the morning of January 13th, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe revealed he has tested positive for COVID-19. Premier Moe is experiencing no symptoms and will be self-isolating for the next 5 days. The Premier attended the January 12th COVID-19 briefing. Anyone who attended the event is being asked to self-monitor and rapid […]
The Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame will induct four new members this year. The announcement was made this week at the Western Canadian Crop Production Show. The chair of the agriculture hall of fame is Regina area farmer Reed Andrew. He says the inductees include former Premier Grant Devine. Devine was premier of Saskatchewan for […]
