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Government announces revised carbon-tax rebate amounts for four provinces
OTTAWA - The federal government has decreased the carbon tax rebates Canadians can expect in the new year in three provinces that have not adopted carbon pricing models that meet federal requirements....
Dec 17, 2019
Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday December 17, 2019
A provincial group is pleased there will be a two-year delay on enforcement of new transport regulations that were set to come into effect in February.Saskatchewan Stock Growers President Bill Huber s...
Dec 17, 2019 ID 9097554 © Ryan Stevenson | Dreamstime.com
Several issues for ag ministers to address in Ottawa
A new poll conducted by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) said farming is among the most respected professions in Canada.CFIB vice president of western Canada and agri-business Ma...
Dec 16, 2019 (Twitter/@cfibsk)
Brush control in pastures
Brush encroachment is a significant threat to pasture productivity.If left unmanaged, trees and shrubs like poplar, willow and snowberry can reduce the carrying capacity of a pasture, sometimes to the...
Dec 16, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
LIsten: Russia plans to increase oilseed production
Russia is making plans to expand the number of acres seeded to canola.Sergey Tuchin with the German Seed Alliance spoke about Russian production during the canola industry meetings in Saskatoon.alice....
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Agriculture Roundup for Monday December 16, 2019
Farm customers can expect to pay an additional $60 on their power bills in 2020 due to a rise in the carbon tax.Effective Jan. 1, the federal carbon tax that is applied to SaskPower's fossil fuel emis...
Dec 16, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Unifor launches ‘brand-wide boycott’ on Co-op as refinery labour dispute heats up
As the labour dispute over pensions at Regina's Co-op refinery heats up, the union that represents roughly 730 of the plant's workers is announcing a boycott campaign against the company."If Co-op wan...
Dec 15, 2019 A labour dispute continues between Unifor Local 594 and the Co-op refinery. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
APTN to broadcast hockey games in Plains Cree starting with Jets at Blackhawks
WINNIPEG - APTN and Rogers Sportsnet agreed a three-year deal on Friday to broadcast NHL games in Plains Cree. The first of six games to be broadcast on APTN in the Indigenous language will be when th...
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‘You were everything to me’: Kindersley family, community grieve after separated couple murder-suicide
A woman who was killed in a murder-suicide in Kindersley on Thursday is being remembered as a loving mother, grandmother and co-worker by family and the larger community.Elsie Gartner, 64, a health wo...
Dec 13, 2019 Elsie Gartner is seen in a photo dated 2014. (Elsie Gartner/Facebook)
Brad Wall not interested in Conservative leadership
Since Thursday's news that Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer was resigning from his position with the party, people have already started speculating who the new Tory leader will be.The name of former ...
Dec 13, 2019 Former Premier Brad Wall. (submitted photo)