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While the new Provincial Agriculture Minister has only been in the role since early-November, there was plenty to do and plenty to talk about. Following the Provincial Election on October 28, Daryl Harrison was chosen by Premier Scott Moe to be the Agriculture Minister on November 7 – Harrison’s first Cabinet position. Harrison had experience […]

Another successful sighting of the CPKC Holiday Train on December 6th, as it came to a stop in Regina, Saskatchewan on a beautiful Friday. The traffic, whether on foot or curious drivers down Saskatchewan Drive was steady and heavy. A perfect night and the gateway to a weekend filled with Christmas / Holiday events from […]

Members of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) elected a new president during this week’s Annual General Meeting at the Conexus Arts Centre in Regina. Bill Prybylski, who farms west of Yorkton and was the Vice-President of APAS for six years, takes over from Ian Boxall, who decided not to seek another term. Joining […]

It has become a tradition for many Saskatchewan families now – to go and see the CPKC Holiday Train. Once again, the train will be rolling across Canada and parts of the United States this fall and winter as it raises funds and food for local food banks in cities, towns, and villages CPKC serves. […]

Two of Canada’s major railways, Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd (CPKC) and Canadian National Railway (CN), are playing catch-up following a labour disruption last month that stalled operations for about four days. Mark Hemmes is the President of Quorum Corporation, which manages the federal government’s grain monitoring program. He says getting caught up is going […]

Traffic at Canada’s two largest railways is slated to resume today as a rail work stoppage comes to an end following a Saturday decision from the federal labour board.  Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City shut down railways last Thursday, locking out workers and disrupting freight traffic countrywide and commuter lines in the Toronto, […]

The federal government’s plan to get Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and Canadian National Railway (CN Rail) workers back to work could go off the rails. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents 93-hundred employees of CPKC and CN, issued 72-hour strike notice to Canadian National Railway Friday morning, while members on the CPKC […]

Rail workers pushed back hard Friday against the federal government’s move to get them back on the job, with a new strike notice and a regulatory challenge making it unclear when freight traffic will fully resume. At Canadian National Railway Co., trains began to move again Friday morning as workers started to trickle back to […]

Ottawa is stepping in to get freight trains moving again hours after an unprecedented lockout by the country’s two largest railways brought cross-country freight traffic to a standstill. Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon said Thursday he will use his Labour Code powers to ask the Canada Industrial Relations Board to impose final, binding arbitration in the […]

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) is expressing serious concern over the recent rail network disruptions that pose a severe threat to the province’s grain producers. The disruption not only cast a profound shadow of uncertainty over the operations and sustainability of Saskatchewan’s grain producers but also impacts the timely delivery of essential machinery […]