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Listen: CN Rail back on track
CN Rail says grain movement is back to normal after an eight day strike.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access says the company is encouraged by the feedback it has received.alice.mcfarlane@jpbg.caOn Twitter:...
Dec 18, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Sask ag office moves to Humboldt
The Ministry of Agriculture will move its extension services from Watrous to Humboldt in the new year.Agriculture Minister David Marit said establishing an office in Humboldt will bring the ministry a...
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Carbon tax on grain drying to be studied
Prairie agriculture ministers had an opportunity to discuss carbon pricing on grain drying with the federal minister.Producers and provincial governments in the West have complained the carbon tax is ...
Dec 18, 2019 (Twitter/@KowalchukFarms)
Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday December 18, 2019
Federal, provincial and territorial agriculture ministers met yesterday to discuss ways to improve support for Canadian producers.The meeting comes after a tough year for many producers after bad weat...
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Highway Patrol officers to get new body armour
Saskatchewan Highway Patrol officers are getting upgraded body armour.A request for bids is out to replace their current bulletproof vests, as well as buy new armour plates that can withstand high pow...
Dec 17, 2019 (File photo/CJME staff)
Ag ministers discuss Agristability
Federal, provincial and territorial agriculture ministers tackled business risk management programs today in Ottawa.During a news conference at the conclusion of the meeting, federal agriculture minis...
Dec 17, 2019 (Twitter/@mclaudebibeau)
People living in Saskatchewan will get smaller carbon tax rebates in 2020
As the Saskatchewan government vows to continue fighting the carbon tax, the federal government has decreased carbon tax rebates to the province and two others who have not adopted carbon pricing mode...
Dec 17, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)
Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital launches no baby unhugged program
The Jim Pattison Children's Hospital launched their new no baby unhugged program on Monday.The program connects vulnerable babies with volunteer huggers who provide the skin to skin contact babies nee...
Dec 17, 2019 One of the new no baby unhugged program's volunteer huggers, Nellie Koethler, talks about the benefits that holding babies has for the babies and the volunteers during a press conference at the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital on Tuesday, December 17, 2019. (Harrison Brooks/650 CKOM)
FCC supports 4-H clubs across Canada
Farm Credit Canada (FCC) 4-H Club Fund will contribute $100,000 in grants to 206 4-H clubs, districts and regions across Canada.Contributions of up to $500 will be provided to clubs to be used for the...
Dec 17, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Government announces revised carbon-tax rebate amounts for four provinces
OTTAWA - The federal government has decreased the carbon tax rebates Canadians can expect in the new year in three provinces that have not adopted carbon pricing models that meet federal requirements....
Dec 17, 2019