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Producers beyond angry at A&W campaign involving Riders
A recent A&W advertisement filmed at the July 20 Saskatchewan Roughrider football game outside Mosaic Stadium raised the ire of some cattle producers who felt the burger chain was leveraging the b...
Sep 19, 2019 ID 155171531 © Adrianadh Dreamstime.com
Rain delays slow harvest operations
Warm weather and wind allowed combining to resume but progress is still lagging behind the five-year average.According to the latest crop report, 23 per cent of the crop is now in the bin which is up ...
Sep 19, 2019 (submitted photo/Kristine Hurd)
Third Trudeau racist makeup incident emerges
Two images of Liberal leader Justin Trudeau in brown or black makeup have emerged in the last 12 hours, and now Global News is reporting a third instance.The broadcaster says it has obtained an exclus...
Sep 19, 2019 Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau reacts as he makes a statement in regards to photo coming to light of himself from 2001 wearing "brownface" during a scrum on his campaign plane in Halifax, N.S., on Wednesday, September 18, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Solar energy company critical of SaskPower suspending net metering program
The president of a solar company in Saskatchewan said SaskPower's decision to suspend its net metering program in the near future kneecaps its ability to meet demands for renewable energy."We've got t...
Sep 19, 2019 (File photo/CJME News Staff)
Listen: Adrienne Ivey talks hail storms and A&W
Ranchers Adrienne and Aaron Ivey at Ituna were out assessing the damage yesterday after a severe storm decimated their crops.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talked to Adrienne about Tuesday's storm and...
Sep 19, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Agriculture Roundup for Thursday September 19, 2019
It was a difficult end to the growing season for the Ivey's at Ituna.Adrienne Ivey said a vicious hail storm wiped out their entire crop when a storm popped up out of nowhere Tuesday.She's trying to l...
Sep 19, 2019 (Twitter/@adrienneivey)
Using soil to combat climate change
Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan is part of a study that will look at the the impact of climate change on more than three trillion metric tonnes of soil carbon around the ...
Sep 18, 2019 ID 102643735 © Krisana Antharith Dreamstime.com
Storm sets back harvest in east-central Saskatchewan
A storm in east-central Saskatchewan has put farmers in a tough spot.On Tuesday night, heavy rain and hail hit Theodore, located about 40 kilometres northwest of Yorkton."The canola has taken a partic...
Sep 18, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)
Sask. gov’t outlines offer to province’s teachers
The Government Trustee Bargaining Committee (GTBC) has offered a three-year contract to the province's teachers.In a media release Tuesday, the committee - which comprises representatives from the Gov...
Sep 18, 2019 Education Minister Gordon Wyant discusses the province's contract offer to the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation on Sept. 17, 2019. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
North Battleford business pre-approved to build cannabis facility, produce hemp
North Battleford's Envirosafe Chemicals Canada (Envirosafe) has announced it received approval from Health Canada to embark on two new projects. It has been pre-approved to build a cannabis cultivatio...
Sep 18, 2019 Envirosafe president and CEO James Davey seen on Oct. 17, 2018, the day cannabis was legalized in Canada. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)