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Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday March 3, 2020
Saskatchewan producers can take advantage of tax incentives while supporting agriculture research.The annual Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) credit is a federal government...
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Ag literacy month to focus on technology
March is Agriculture Literacy Month in Saskatchewan. Volunteers are visiting schools this month sharing the theme of agriculture technology. Students learn about the importance of innovation on modern...
Mar 02, 2020 Students look at a pail of canola. (file photo/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Listen: China’s ban on Canadian canola continues
The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) is calling on the federal government to resolve the dispute with China and to support industry diversification efforts.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access says farm group...
Mar 02, 2020 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Western separatist group applies for provincial party status
There are five political parties in Saskatchewan, but the sixth one could be added in time for the next provincial election.The Saskatchewan branch of the western separatist movement, Wexit, announced...
Mar 02, 2020 Members of Wexit Saskatchewan encourage supporters to sign a petition necessary to register as a provincial political party on Nov. 24, 2019. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
New agronomy research chair for Saskatchewan
The first Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) integrated agronomy chair at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) has been recruited from the United States.Crop scientist Dr. Maryse Bourgault sa...
Mar 02, 2020 Western Grains Research Foundation agronomy chair Maryse Bourgault (submitted photo/USask)
Two decades after death, Schmirler’s legacy a merger of winning and motherhood
Sara England is accustomed to people she doesn't know telling her they held her when she was a baby.The 22-year-old knows that's how they connect to her mother still revered by the Canadian curling co...
Mar 02, 2020 Team Canada skip Sandra Schmirler waves to family in the crowd as third Jan Betker centre and second Joan McCusker, right, look on prior to the first draw of the Canadian women's curling championships in Regina, Saturday, Feb.22, 1998. Schmirler died 20 years ago Monday from cancer at age 36. Her legacy encompasses a gold standard every Canadian women's team strives to match in competition. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chuck Stoody
Budget on the brains of lawmakers as legislature’s spring session gets underway
When asked about the spring session ahead of time, the first and only thing Premier Scott Moe wanted to talk about was the upcoming budget.It's the final legislative session and final budget before th...
Mar 02, 2020 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
Agriculture Roundup for Monday March 2, 2020
Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) said there's still more than two million acres of unharvested crops in the province.APAS President Todd Lewis said it's unusual to have that m...
Mar 02, 2020 (file photo/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Wet’suwet’en chiefs, ministers reach proposed agreement in pipeline dispute
SMITHERS, B.C. - A Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief and senior government ministers say they have reached a proposed arrangement in a pipeline dispute that has prompted solidarity protests across Canada ...
Mar 01, 2020 OPP Sgt. Diana Hampson of the liaison team, middle, speaks with members of the Mohawk Territory in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, near Belleville, Ont., on Feb. 11, 2020. The members have blocked the CN/VIA train tracks for six days in support of Wet'suwet'en's blockade of natural gas pipeline in northern B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
World religions conference reflects common ground in diverse perspectives
It was a time for understanding Saturday when six speakers from different cultures and religious perspectives came together for the Pathway to Peace conference at the North Battleford Library.Quentin ...
Mar 01, 2020 Left to right, Wes Fine Day (Indigenous), Amandeep Singh (Sikhism), and Pastor Keith Klippenstein (Christian) were among the speakers at the event. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)