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As local city councillors look at ways to divert food waste from hitting the landfill, some local grocery stores are already working to put food that can no longer be sold to good use. It's something ...
Feb 22, 2019 Save-On-Foods Store Manager, Warren McGlone, sorts breads for the local food bank. (Charlene Tebbutt/paNOW Staff).
An oversupply of pork will mean consumers will pay less for their chops.Abundant hog supplies and ongoing trade issues are putting downward pressure on live hog markets. HAMS Marketing Director of Ris...
Feb 22, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Melfort fire crews were called to a grain dryer fire at the Richardson Pioneer facility southwest of the city.Crews responded to the scene just after 10:30 a.m. this morning.According to Melfort Fire ...
Feb 21, 2019 Melfort Richardson Pioneer. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)
A decision on whether imposing a federal carbon tax on Saskatchewan is unconstitutional remains up in the air, but in the meantime a Prince Albert environmentalist and lawyer says she supports the Lib...
Feb 15, 2019
One of the most difficult conversations for a farming family is how and when the farm will be transferred to the next generation.That was the focus of a presentation at the annual Saskatchewan Institu...
Feb 14, 2019
Over 150 vehicles left Red Deer bound for Ottawa Thursday morning in their bid to gain support for the oil and gas industry from the federal government.The United We Roll, Official Convoy for Canada l...
Feb 14, 2019
The case over the carbon tax had been months, even years, in the making, and on Wednesday morning it got underway in a Regina courtroom.Day one was all about opposition to the carbon tax and support f...
Feb 13, 2019
REGINA - Sixteen interveners from across Canada are getting a say this week in Saskatchewan's legal challenge of Ottawa's federal carbon tax. Here's a look at some of the grou...
Feb 13, 2019
Today the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal began hearing arguments on the federal carbon tax. Saskatchewan government lawyer Mitch McAdam said the case is not about denying that climate change is a proble...
Feb 13, 2019
A group representing Saskatchewan farmers will present their arguments this afternoon in the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal reference case on the Federal Carbon Tax.Beyond the constitutional issues, the...
Feb 13, 2019