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Sask. ICE unit welcomes Supreme Court ruling
The Saskatchewan police officers who patrol the Internet in the hunt for online child predators got a bit of a boost from a recent decision by the Supreme Court of Canada.The top court ruled on Thursd...
Apr 24, 2019 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
Report confirms farmers will seed less canola
Canadian farmers say they will seed fewer acres of canola, durum, wheat, lentils and soybeans.According to the Statistics Canada Planting Intentions report released this morning, farmers anticipate pl...
Apr 24, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Moe pressures Trudeau to support farmers
Saskatchewan's Premier is frustrated by federal inaction on a canola trade dispute with China.Scott Moe wrote a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking for an update on the status of the trade ...
Apr 24, 2019 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
Federal government announces $54 million for local-area projects
The federal government is putting $54 million into various projects around the region, including crime prevention in the north, forest fire prevention and flood mitigation. The money was announced Tue...
Apr 23, 2019 Federal Minister Ralph Goodale was in Prince Albert Tuesday to announced $54 million in funding for six new initiatives across the region. (Charlene Tebbutt/paNOW Staff)
Meeting will update farmers on canola dispute
The loss of the Chinese market for Canadian canola has left a lot of unanswered questions as farmers head into seeding season.Prince Albert Conservative MP Randy Hoback will host a public meeting on F...
Apr 23, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Seeding still a few weeks away
It won't be long before seeding gets underway in the northeast part of the province. While some areas are in desperate need of rain, the Melfort area is in good shape. Ministry of Agriculture Crops Ex...
Apr 23, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Wildfire season off to hot start
As of Tuesday morning, over 40 fire bans were issued across the province in response to hot, dry and windy conditions, and the list is expected to grow.During a media briefing, Provincial Fire Commiss...
Apr 23, 2019 Visibility on Highway 3 near Holbein was very poor Monday night. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Moe urges feds to help canola farmers ‘immediately’
Premier Scott Moe is pushing the federal government to move quickly to help canola farmers who are facing an unsure market as the dispute with China continues.Moe tweeted photos of a letter Tuesday mo...
Apr 23, 2019 Premier Scott Moe. (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
SaskPower looking for location of utility-scale solar project
The province is looking for some bright ideas on a new utility-scale solar power project.SaskPower wants to build a 10-megawatt (MW) solar power project but has not decided on a location. SaskPower is...
Apr 23, 2019 (Submitted photo/CJME)
Brush fire forces evacuation of area southwest of Biggar
A wildfire near Biggar forced the evacuation of an area southwest of the town on Monday, as fire crews grappled with flames in a densely forested area.Reports of smoke in the Argo Brush Recreation Are...
Apr 23, 2019 A brush fire burns in the Argo Bush southwest of Biggar on April 22, 2019. (Twitter/Karen Itterman)