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Canola goals for 2020
The Canola Council of Canada is lobbying the federal government for a higher renewable content in diesel fuel.President Jim Everson said it's one of many priorities for the organization.-alice.mcfarla...
Dec 13, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Statistics Canada, SPS look back at the first year of legalization
Statistics Canada released its one-year report on pot sales and people in Saskatchewan aren't doling out major dollars like their provincial neighbours.Nearly $908 million was spent at the more than 4...
Dec 13, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)
UPDATE: Two found dead at Kindersley home following police standoff
Two people are dead following a long police standoff at a Kindersley home.According to a release from Saskatchewan RCMP, a man and a woman were located deceased in the home around 3 p.m.No other peopl...
Dec 13, 2019 Kindersley RCMP respond to report of a gunshot at a home on 1st Street West on Thursday, December 12, 2019. (submitted/Jenny Hagan)
Agriculture Roundup for Friday December 13, 2019
A southern Alberta rancher has been named the first-ever Canadian representative for the McDonald's Flagship Farmer Program.The global initiative recognizes farmers who exemplify best practices in bee...
Dec 13, 2019 ID 95821129 © Orest Lyzhechka Dreamstime.com
New contract for livestock services personnel
Saskatchewan Government and General Employees Union (SGEU) members at Livestock Services of Saskatchewan (LSS) have voted in favour of a new five year collective agreement. LSS bargaining committee ch...
Dec 13, 2019 Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Listen: Chinese analyst discusses canola, peas and pigeons
There has been a sharp decline in canola seed exports to China but Canada has been selling more wheat, peas and flax to China.Beijing-based independent trade analyst Ivy Li discussed the trend at the ...
Dec 12, 2019 ID 109377599 © Vaclav Volrab Dreamstime.com
‘We owe it to our children:’ FSIN rolls out draft child welfare legislation, stress need for funding
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is rolling out drafted child welfare legislation across Canada, but there's one thing standing in the way.A lack of funding, even with the passing...
Dec 12, 2019 (L-R) Raymond Shingoose, Director of Child Family Services for Yorkton Treaty Council, FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron, and Second Vice Chief David Pratt at the FSIN press conference on December 11, 2019. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
CP rail responsible for cost and cleanup of train derailment
More than 100 responders were on the ground dealing with Monday's train derailment near Guernsey.Dale Kristoff is an environmental protection officer and hazardous materials co-ordinator with the Sask...
Dec 12, 2019 Huge flames and thick black smoke pour into the sky after a CPR train derailed near Plunkett on Dec. 9, 2019. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM)
Changes to livestock transportation regulations delayed
The Canadian cattle industry is getting a reprieve on enforcement of new transport regulations set to come into effect in the new year. Federal agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced, at a...
Dec 12, 2019 ID 95063146 © Dakotastudios Dreamstime.com
New prairie elevators to be built in 2020
A Canadian company plans to build its ninth grain elevator in Saskatchewan.G3 Swift Current will have a capacity of 42,000 tonnes and will be located on a CP Rail line.G3 CEO Don Chapman said the faci...
Dec 12, 2019 (Twitter/@G3_Connection)