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The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture is looking for additional crop reporters for the next growing season. Crops Extension Specialist MacKenzie Hladun says being a crop reporter doesn’t take much time out of the week – between five to ten minutes. Once a person signs up, the Ag Ministry will send a package containing a rain gauge, a […]

Nearly 10,000 randomly selected farms and ranches across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba will have received an invitation to participate in a Citizens Assembly on Agriculture. From those who apply, 36 lottery-selected producers will gather to work on climate and sustainability solutions for agriculture. Producers can register for the process even if they didn’t receive an […]

Having an eye in the sky is continuing to pay off for the Regina Police Service. Last Friday night, the ASU spotted a car driving erratically in north west Regina. The aircraft continued to monitor the vehicle as it sped through a school zone on Mapleford Boulevard and several residential streets in that neighbourhood. The […]

Influenza in the province has bypassed COVID-19 in both cases and deaths in November. That is according to the province’s latest Community Respiratory Illness Surveillance Program (CRISP) report for November 5 to 18. Over that period, there were 1099 influenza cases and five deaths, more than five times more cases than there were for the […]

Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Donna Harpauer presented the 2023-24 Mid-Year Report, revealing that global market conditions, severe drought and potash market dynamics are key factors contributing to a forecasted deficit at mid-year. The Mid-Year Report outlined a deficit of $250.5 million, down $1.3 billion from the budget and $736.1 million from the first quarter. […]

The 52nd edition of Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) is all wrapped up after six days of showcasing agricultural excellence with people from across the province, country, and world taking in the premier event. CWA President Shaun Kindopp said this year’s show raised the bar for future events. “This week’s been unreal. The positive, the weather, […]

The people who live in the Queen City have heard all the jokes, fielded questions about “why would you live there?” from relatives in other provinces, but the people who live in Regina know the secret. Its a pretty darn good place to live. With plenty of amazing park space, good transit, and good schools, […]

The University of Regina has been selected to host the 2025 Vanier Cup, the country’s national university football championship. U SPORTS, the governing body for university sports in Canada, announced with Chief Sport Officer Lisette Johnson-Stapley that they are thrilled to announce that the Vanier Cup is heading west. “We are confident fans from all […]

Regina City Council has appointed six individuals to the REAL Board of Directors on an interim basis following the resignation of the board earlier in the week. All newly appointed directors are also employees of the City of Regina and are: The interim directors have each been appointed to a term ending July 31, 2024. […]

This year’s Canadian Western Agribition took on a different meaning for a long-time agri-news journalist who recently retired. Former 620 CKRM Ag News Director Jim Smalley covered his first Agribition in 1975 and has gone every year until late-April of this year when he decided to hang up the headphones following a 50-year career in […]