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City recovers all funds lost in fraud scheme
The City of Saskatoon has now recovered all of the money it lost to a fraud scheme back in the summer.An Ontario Superior Court Justice ruled Friday that $335,000 in city money be returned.This means ...
Nov 23, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)

Cattle continue to be the focus of Agribition
Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) opens on Monday with attendance expected to surpass 120,000 people.CWA CEO Chris Lane said there are over 1,500 cattle entries across 12 different breeds which is an ...
Nov 22, 2019 (Twitter/@CDNLimousin)

Conference to focus on young farmer issues
An event for the under 40 farmer will encourage them to take control of their business.Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Young Farmer Summit was created to ignite their passion for agriculture.FCC president an...
Nov 22, 2019 ID 89369913 © Dusan Kostic Dreamstime.com

Listen: Saskatchewan represented at German agriculture show
Roughly 450,000 people visited AgriTechnica last week in Hanover, Germany.One of the guests was Ag in Motion show manager Rob O'Connor.O'Connor talks about his experiences at the world's leading trade...
Nov 22, 2019 (Twitter/@AGRITECHNICA)

Agriculture Roundup for Friday November 22, 2019
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said the federal government should already be working toward ending the CN Rail strike.Moe said he has spoken to Transport Minister Marc Garneau and Intergovernmental Af...
Nov 22, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)

Saskatchewan man played a part in getting Frozen 2 to the big screen
There is a local connection to Frozen 2.Andrew Ford from Humboldt did animation for the movie."Just to be a part of it and to be able to animate those iconic characters...I have to pinch myself someti...
Nov 22, 2019 Andrew Ford. (submitted photo)

Farm carbon tax survey launched
An online petition has been launched for farmers to tell Ottawa how much carbon tax they are paying when they dry grain.It can be found at NoFarmCarbonTax.com. Gunter Jochum is President of the Wester...
Nov 21, 2019 ID 10607998 © Arlene Van Der Heyden Dreamstime.com

Saskatchewan has one of the lowest job vacancy rates in the country
Even with a small increase in unfilled jobs, Saskatchewan still has one of the lowest vacancy rates in Canada.A new report for the third quarter of 2019 from the Canadian Federation of Independent Bus...
Nov 21, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)

Former Humboldt Bronco takes first steps after surgery
Ryan Straschnitzki, who was paralyzed from the chest down in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in April of 2018, was seen in a video taking a few assisted steps Wednesday.Straschnitzki travelled to Thail...
Nov 21, 2019 Humboldt Broncos bus crash survivor Ryan Straschnitzki moves his legs following spinal surgery in Thailand. (Twitter)

Good yields, poor quality in last crop report
Saskatchewan producers now have 93 per cent of the crop combined. In the final crop report of the season, Crops Extension Specialist Cory Jacob said harvest operations have continued in parts of the p...
Nov 21, 2019 ID 107135274 © Victorass88 Dreamstime.com