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Listen:Farm group looks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
A new group is calling for incentives to encourage farmers to adopt new technology to fight climate change.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access discusses the new organization and its goals.alice.mcfarlane@j...
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Protests block grain deliveries to west coast terminals
Saskatchewan farmers are disappointed with a significant shutdown of west coast grain movement on CN Rail.Supporters of a B.C. First Nation's fight against a pipeline are continuing their protests, bl...
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Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday Feb.12, 2020
Producers can go online to get valuable information on canola varieties.The 2019 Canola Performance Trials is a database that contains information on everything from days to maturity, lodging, height ...
Feb 12, 2020 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Technologies unveiled to help track, ultimately reduce, garbage in Saskatchewan
People in Saskatchewan produce a lot of garbage and on Tuesday, Innovation Saskatchewan unveiled two technologies which it hopes will get the province on track to reduce that amount of trash.Last year...
Feb 11, 2020 Sam Dietrich, co-founder of Prairie Robotics Inc., presents his company's computer and AI system which estimates the type and amount of trash in vehicles as part of an Innovation Saskatchewan competition on Feb. 11, 2020. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
1.2M litres of oil spilled in Saskatchewan train derailment
GUERNSEY, Sask. - The Saskatchewan government says about 1.2 million litres of oil was spilled during a fiery train derailment in Saskatchewan last week. The province's ministry of environment says th...
Feb 11, 2020
SaskTel sent 30,000 copyright notices in past year
In the past year, tens of thousands of people in Saskatchewan were caught downloading Dexter and pirating Paranormal Activity.SaskTel said it sent out about 30,000 copyright infringement notices in th...
Feb 11, 2020
Raise a fork to food and the people who produce it
Canada's Agriculture Day Tuesday serves as a reminder to consumers that good food is grown close to home.Canadian consumers are only one step removed from the people who produce most of the food that ...
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Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday Feb.11, 2020
Today is the fourth annual Canada Agriculture Day. The theme is Forks Up For Canadian Agriculture.Events include school students in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver listening to stories and getting to ...
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Sask. teachers hold job sanctions vote after contract negotiations reach stalemate
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation is holding a sanctions vote across the province this week to find a path forward after continued contract negotiation failures with the provincial government.The ...
Feb 10, 2020
Proposed cannabis nursery receives green light from R.M. council
The seeds have now been planted for what may prove one day to be a first of its kind operation northeast of Prince Albert.Curtis Braaten, who is more widely known for his Haskap berries, has received ...
Feb 10, 2020 Curtis Braaten speaks to the R.M. of Buckland council on Monday. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)