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Farmers discuss the future at Crop Production Week

Crop Production Show at Prairieland Park in Saskatoon has officially opened. The week also includes meetings and information sessions throughout the city.We wondered what the general mood is in the fa...

Jan 13, 2020 ID 73052950 © Tanja Tatic Dreamstime.com

Two officers hurt after crash with semi truck north of Saskatoon

A Saskatoon police SUV was left mangled after a crash with a semi truck and trailer early Monday morning north of the city.Police said the east-bound SUV and south-bound semi collided at the intersect...

Jan 13, 2020 A Saskatoon police SUV was involved in a two vehicle crash north of Saskatoon on Highway 12 Monday morning (Jay Thomas/650 CKOM)

Organizers ready for another Crop Production Show

Crop Production Show in Saskatoon opens at noon today and every square inch of Prairieland Park will be occupied with the usual companies and some new ones as well.Agriculture Manager Lori Cates said ...

Jan 13, 2020 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)

Agriculture Roundup for Monday January 13, 2020

There is a lot for producers to see this week in Saskatoon during Crop Production Week.Western Canadian Crop Production Show opens at noon. About 350 companies will fill roughly 1,000 exhibit spaces a...

Jan 13, 2020 ID 140083630 © Firespark Dreamstime.com

Sask. man relives Haiti earthquake 10 years later

Melvin Brundage felt the world shaking beneath his feet as he hugged his baby boy on a third story balcony that could have collapsed at any second.Brundage and his wife Melanie were in a small town ju...

Jan 12, 2020 Melvin and Melanie Brundage of Nipawin, Sask. with their sons (left-to-right) Ritchie and Mike in a 2014 family photo. (File photo/paNOW Staff)

Sask. developed app reminds parents of kids left in cars

A Saskatchewan smartphone app is reminding parents a child may still be in their vehicle.It was developed in part by Regina-based pediatrician Dr. James Robertson after he heard how many children died...

Jan 12, 2020 Regina based Dr. James Robertson developed the Back Seat Safety App with Narmer Technology. (Google Play Store)

New trial ordered following issues in Sask. coroner’s office

The ongoing issues within Saskatchewan's coroner's office will not be resolved for some time yet.It all stems from a jury trial in 2017 which found the province's chief forensic pathologist unfairly a...

Jan 10, 2020 (file photo/CJME News Staff)

Hunters cautioned on posting trophies to social media

Posting controversial images of hunted animals online is a risk some people are willing to take. Daryl Minter, a conservation officer with the provincial Ministry of Environment told meadowlakeNOW soc...

Jan 10, 2020 (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Morris Group receives creditor protection

Morris Group, which includes farm equipment manufacturer Morris Industries, has been granted financial protection from its creditors.According to court documents, the company applied for protection un...

Jan 10, 2020 (Twitter/@Morris_Seeding)

Listen: USDA reports corn yields up in January report

The shock and awe expected in an important USDA report didn't materialize.Neil Townsend with FarmLink Marketing Solutions said the January World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates were surprisin...