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Former Riders president called to the hall
He was an integral part of building the Saskatchewan Roughriders' new stadium - and now he'll enter the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as a builder.Jim Hopson, who served as the Roughriders' first-eve...
Apr 24, 2019 Former Roughriders president and CEO Jim Hopson will be inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame this year. (Kevin Sousa/CFL.ca)
Wind in sails of provincial Greens after breakthrough P.E.I. election
History was made on Prince Edward Island as a blue and green wave washed over the governing Liberals.Voters handed the Progressive Conservatives the first minority government in the province since 189...
Apr 24, 2019 The provincial Greens have renewed win in their sails following a breakthrough election for the Green Party on Prince Edward Island. (file photo/CJME News Staff)
Sask. ICE unit welcomes Supreme Court ruling
The Saskatchewan police officers who patrol the Internet in the hunt for online child predators got a bit of a boost from a recent decision by the Supreme Court of Canada.The top court ruled on Thursd...
Apr 24, 2019 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
Report confirms farmers will seed less canola
Canadian farmers say they will seed fewer acres of canola, durum, wheat, lentils and soybeans.According to the Statistics Canada Planting Intentions report released this morning, farmers anticipate pl...
Apr 24, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Moe pressures Trudeau to support farmers
Saskatchewan's Premier is frustrated by federal inaction on a canola trade dispute with China.Scott Moe wrote a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking for an update on the status of the trade ...
Apr 24, 2019 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
Federal government announces $54 million for local-area projects
The federal government is putting $54 million into various projects around the region, including crime prevention in the north, forest fire prevention and flood mitigation. The money was announced Tue...
Apr 23, 2019 Federal Minister Ralph Goodale was in Prince Albert Tuesday to announced $54 million in funding for six new initiatives across the region. (Charlene Tebbutt/paNOW Staff)
Meeting will update farmers on canola dispute
The loss of the Chinese market for Canadian canola has left a lot of unanswered questions as farmers head into seeding season.Prince Albert Conservative MP Randy Hoback will host a public meeting on F...
Apr 23, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Seeding still a few weeks away
It won't be long before seeding gets underway in the northeast part of the province. While some areas are in desperate need of rain, the Melfort area is in good shape. Ministry of Agriculture Crops Ex...
Apr 23, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Wildfire season off to hot start
As of Tuesday morning, over 40 fire bans were issued across the province in response to hot, dry and windy conditions, and the list is expected to grow.During a media briefing, Provincial Fire Commiss...
Apr 23, 2019 Visibility on Highway 3 near Holbein was very poor Monday night. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Moe urges feds to help canola farmers ‘immediately’
Premier Scott Moe is pushing the federal government to move quickly to help canola farmers who are facing an unsure market as the dispute with China continues.Moe tweeted photos of a letter Tuesday mo...
Apr 23, 2019 Premier Scott Moe. (file photo/CKOM News Staff)