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Concerns raised about how to help the most vulnerable in Sask. during pandemic

Organizations in Saskatchewan are concerned over what some of the province's most vulnerable residents will do during the COVID-19 outbreak.Jason Mercredi, the executive director of AIDS Saskatoon, sa...

Mar 30, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)

Girl Guide cookies still available, despite COVID-19

It's a welcomed announcement in what's been a world of uncertainty - Girl Guide cookies are still up for sale thanks in part to Save-On-Foods stores across Western Canada.Traditionally, local units se...

Mar 30, 2020 The Girl Guide's famous chocolate and vanilla sandwich cookies will be sold in stores. (Girl Guides of Canada/Instagram)

Large business, non-profits, charities eligible for wage subsidy, Trudeau says

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says large and small businesses, non-profits and charities will all be eligible for a 75-per-cent subsidy on wages meant to cushion the blow from the COVID-19 pa...

Mar 30, 2020

Trade organization calls for fair dispute process

The Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (CAFTA) wants assurances trade will continue while establishing an appeal arrangement for trade disputes.Several governments released a joint statement affirming ...

Mar 30, 2020 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)

Agriculture Roundup for Monday March 30, 2020

An Alberta beef packing plant stopped slaughtering cattle on Friday after one of its workers tested positive for COVID-19.Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) kept some inspectors from work after Al...

Mar 30, 2020 ID 95821129 © Orest Lyzhechka Dreamstime.com

Two more cases related to Christopher Lake rally; Sask. total increases to 156 cases

Two more confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been linked to the Christopher Lake snowmobile rally on March 14. As of Sunday, a total of 20 confirmed cases can be traced back to the rally, two more than S...

Mar 29, 2020 Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Canadian Press)

Agriculture Director weighs in on COVID-19 and the ag sector

The agriculture sector has had to deal with a number of developments and changes as the COVID-19 situation has evolved over the last month or so.farmnewsNOW Agriculture Director Alice McFarlane is out...

Mar 28, 2020 Award-winning Agriculture Director Alice McFarlane discusses COVID-19's effects on the ag industry (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

No further on-reserve COVID-19 cases in the North

Twenty-four of the 104 COVID-19 cases being reported in Saskatchewan straddle three large geographically regions including Prince Albert and the North. Meanwhile, there is some good news coming out of...

Mar 27, 2020 Southend, Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation. (Cameconorth.com)

Grain movement by rail improving

Grain movement has improved significantly according to CN Rail.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to CN's director of bulk sales Scott Shurvell about the progress being made in March and shipping fe...

Mar 27, 2020 (file photo/farmnewsNOW Staff)

Ag Retailer prepares for seeding amid COVID-19

Farmers are reaching out to their agriculture retailers for the products they need to put in this year's crop.Nutrien Ag Solutions' agronomy services manager for northeast Saskatchewan Lyle Cowell sai...