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Province commits plus $300M for Prince Albert's Victoria Hospital expansion
It has been a key wish list item for a very long time for Prince Albert, and now the provincial government has given a clear indication of the scope and the price tag for a new hospital building for t...
Mar 06, 2020 A concept rendering of Prince Albert's proposed $300 million hospital expansion. (Government of Saskatchewan)
Agriculture Roundup for Friday March 6, 2020
Starting on Monday, spring weight restrictions take effect on all secondary highways.The Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure announced winter weight allowances were lifted in southwestern Saskatch...
Mar 06, 2020 ID 96635310 © Artem Medvediev Dreamstime.com
Teachers unimpressed with province’s proposal on classroom composition
The second meeting between the provincial government and the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) in about a week had the teachers' representatives leaving less than impressed.The two sides are try...
Mar 06, 2020 Patrick Maze, Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation president. Mar. 5, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Technology entrepreneurs called upon to help producers
Innovation Saskatchewan and the Ministry of Agriculture are asking how technology can help Saskatchewan producers monitor their mental health.The government is launching a new challenge to entrepreneu...
Mar 05, 2020 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Farmers and ranchers unhappy with strychnine ban
The fight is not over yet.Farmers and ranchers were upset to learn by 2023 strychnine will not be available as a tool to control Richardson Ground Squirrels (RGS). Pesticide Management Regulatory Agen...
Mar 05, 2020 ID 12403324 © Photawa Dreamstime.com
Below normal spring runoff expected across most of Sask.
A wide swath of the province can expect below normal runoff this spring.The Water Security Agency (WSA) has released the March spring runoff outlook.Areas including Melfort, Tisdale, Nipawin, Hudson B...
Mar 05, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Agriculture Roundup for Thursday March 5, 2020
Protein Industries Canada has announced its fifth approved Supercluster project.The project will see $3 million spent to improve the value of fibrous co-products from the pulse processing industry.The...
Mar 05, 2020 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Helping farmers cope with stress
Calls to the farm stress line in 2018-2019 doubled from the previous year.That's the motivation behind a new project looking for technical solutions to assist farmers dealing with stress.Innovation Sa...
Mar 05, 2020 ID 137767180 © Chernetskaya Dreamstime.com
Hudsons Heroes: P.A. trio on stag party stops gunman at Saskatoon bar
Josh Neudorf was expecting Tuesday night to be a relatively quiet outing during his Saskatoon stag party ahead of being married on the weekend.He didn't expect to be faced with the barrel of a rifle.H...
Mar 05, 2020 Josh Neudorf (right) and Joey Duong (left) helped thwart a would-be gunman at Hudsons in downtown Saskatoon on March 4, 2020. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Listen: Cattle prices impacted by coronavirus fears
All agriculture markets are being impacted by the coronavirus scare.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks about the latest feeder cattle prices with provincial livestock specialist Leah Clark.alice.mcf...
Mar 04, 2020 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)