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SaskTel expanding high-speed internet services in Saskatchewan
Dial-up internet and farmer vision television service could soon be a thing of the past.SaskTel announced yesterday communities from the Village of Paradise Hill across to the Town of Preeceville are ...
Jul 26, 2019 Internet service expansion in Saskatchewan (file photo/CJME Staff)
New heliport at Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital opens
A new heliport atop of Jim Pattison Children's Hospital in Saskatoon opened ahead of schedule on Thursday.The new helipad is Saskatchewan's second rooftop helipad, the other is at the Regina General H...
Jul 26, 2019 STARS approaches the new Jim Pattison Children's Hospital heliport on July 25, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
B.C. murder suspect not a neo-Nazi, is more fascinated by Russia, dad says
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - A murder suspect who allegedly sent photographs of a swastika armband and a Hitler Youth knife to an online friend was not a Nazi sympathizer, but he did think the memorabilia was...
Jul 26, 2019 Alan Schmegelsky, father of Bryer Schmegelsky, poses for a photo during an interview with The Canadian Press in Mill Bay B.C. on Wednesday, July 24, 2019. The father of a suspect in the deaths of three people in northern British Columbia says his son is in "very serious pain" and he expects a nationwide manhunt will end in the young man's death. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Laura Kane
Advisory issued for blue-green algae in Saskatchewan
Make sure to check the water before swimming for the next few weeks around Saskatchewan.The Water Security Agency and the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health have issued a blue-green algae advisory for th...
Jul 25, 2019 Blue-green algae build up. (submitted photo/The Water Security Agency)
Listen: Commodity markets watching the weather
it was a quiet day on the grain and oilseed markets.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Exceed Grain Marketing senior analyst Wayne Palmer about why we're seeing very little movement.alice.mcfarla...
Jul 25, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Average oat crop expected
The latest report from the Ministry of Agriculture said crops continue to advance with many areas receiving rainfall this past week.Crops Extension Specialist Cory Jacob said amounts ranged across the...
Jul 25, 2019 ID 152030123 © Igor Stevanovic Dreamstime.com
Agriculture Roundup for Thursday July 25, 2019
The Northeast Agriculture Research Foundation (NARF) will be putting a recent donation from SaskCanola to good use.The money comes from the Morris Sebulsky Endowment Fund after the Sheho area farmer a...
Jul 25, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday July 24, 2019
Wheat, lentils and livestock will be the focus of a $24 million investment over four years by Genome Canada and its partners in three University of Saskatchewan-led research projects.U of S Vice-Presi...
Jul 24, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Two suspects in B.C. murders spotted in Meadow Lake, may be in Manitoba: RCMP
Police say the two suspects wanted in connection with a homicide investigation in northern British Columbia are on the move after they were spotted in Meadow Lake this week. RCMP investigators said 19...
Jul 23, 2019 RCMP investigators say Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmedgelsky are considered to be armed and extremely dangerous. (submitted photo/RCMP)
Funding for cutting edge genomic research
Genomics are driving innovation across several sectors including agriculture, health, forestry, fisheries and energy.Minister of Science and Sport Kirsty Duncan was at the International Wheat Congress...
Jul 23, 2019 Science and Sport Minister Kirsty Duncan (Twitter/@usask)