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SHA planning for significantly better COVID-19 scenario
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) says the province is in a significantly better position to manage COVID-19 as a result of the interventions taken to date to slow the spread of the virus.In a p...
Apr 28, 2020 Scott Livingstone with the SHA addresses a media conference Tuesday April 28. (Government of Saskatchewan/Facebook)
Farmers experience delays with cash advance payments
Long delays have farmers waiting for money through the Advance Payments Program.Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA) is one of a number of organizations that administer the cash advance on behal...
Apr 28, 2020 (file photo/farmnewsNOW Staff)
COVID-19: Mental Health and Well-Being
A pandemic is a very stressful event for individuals and communities. It's normal to feel some stress and anxiety. It's also very common for people to display great resiliency during times of crisis.[...
Apr 28, 2020
Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday April 28, 2020
Seeding has started in a few locations in southwest Saskatchewan.Ministry of Agriculture crop extension specialist Shannon Chant said the seeders have been in the field for a couple days."Over the wee...
Apr 28, 2020 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Physical distancing a challenge for the blind in Saskatchewan
Keeping a proper social distance of two metres is not so simple for people who are blind or partially sighted.Ashley Nemeth is a Saskatchewan advocate for the blind community and for the Canadian Nati...
Apr 27, 2020 Ashley Nemeth and her guide dog. (Ashley Nemeth/Submitted)
Parents urged to keep tabs on kids’ Internet interactions to stop online predators
Online predatory crimes against children have gone up significantly over the past few years.Police in Saskatchewan are noticing that while it's not spiking in this province, it has gone up as children...
Apr 27, 2020 (CJME News Staff)
Farmers call for improvements to business risk program
AgriStability continues to be a sore spot for many farmers who want the reference margin of the program increased.Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit talks about the interim benefit payment ...
Apr 27, 2020 (submitted photo/Ministry of Agriculture)
Planning continues for Agribition 2020
Organizers of Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) in Regina are optimistic this event will go ahead.CWA CEO Chris Lane said planning is continuing for the 50th annual show and said the province's decisi...
Apr 27, 2020 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Nearly 10,000 businesses apply for wage subsidy in first hours, Trudeau says
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says nearly 10,000 businesses have applied for the federal government's wage-subsidy program to help them deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.The emergency measure will cover...
Apr 27, 2020
Classroom in a Box - Fish
The purpose of this classroom in a box is to introduce your students to the fish that live in our rivers and lakes, learn about the special adaptations they have that make them perfect for living here...
Apr 27, 2020