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RCMP respond to hundreds of COVID-19 calls in March

The Saskatchewan RCMP are getting a new kind of call for service in response to the provincial Public Health Order issued on March 26.According to a media release from RCMP, officers received 436 COVI...

Apr 02, 2020 (File photo/meadowlakeNOW)

Provincial gov’t adds to list of flights that carried COVID-19 cases

Seven flights have been added to the provincial government's list of those that carried passengers who since have tested positive for COVID-19.As well, one flight that previously was listed has been u...

Apr 02, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)

Oil recycling still important during pandemic

COVID-19 has had an impact on several aspects of the farming community including the recycling of used oil and antifreeze.Saskatchewan Resource Recovery Corporation Executive Director Ethan Richardson...

Apr 02, 2020 (Hildeanna_ Dreamstime.com)

Saskatchewan foodservice sector lost 25,000 jobs in one month

COVID-19 has cost Saskatchewan's food service sector 25,000 jobs since March 1According to a media release, Restaurants Canada estimates 800,000 foodservice jobs have already been lost across the coun...

Apr 02, 2020 (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)

Trudeau calls first ministers meeting on COVID-19, promises better data soon

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will soon be able to give Canadians a better sense of the impact COVID-19 is going to have on this country but he isn't able to do it yet. As countr...

Apr 02, 2020

Agriculture Roundup for Thursday April 2, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic created a greater realization of the importance of the food production and delivery systems.Consumers have been stocking up on grocery store items creating shortages of some prod...

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Cattle markets improve with increased demand

There has been an improvement in the cattle markets after a very difficult March.Provincial cattle specialist Leah Clark said it's over concerns about COVID-19 and the food supply chain."We are seeing...

Apr 01, 2020 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)

Former Sask. premier speaks out as carbon tax increases

The federal carbon tax increased from $20 to $30 per tonne Wednesday.Former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall was a guest on Gormley and said opponents of the tax were not opposed to some sort of price o...

Apr 01, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)

Carbon tax increase hurts farmers

Despite pleas from farmers and agriculture groups the carbon tax has increased.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Gunter Jochum, who speaks on behalf of wheat producers on the prairies, about the...

Man charged in connection to P.A. triple homicide

The man charged in connection to the triple homicides of a family in Prince Albert is Nathaniel Kenneth Carrier. Court documents show he was scheduled to appear at Prince Albert Provincial Court this ...

Apr 01, 2020 Nathaniel Kenneth Carrier has been charged in connection to the murder of family members in Prince Albert.(Facebook)