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Support pours in for Sask. couple hurt in crash near Prince Albert
A Saskatchewan woman about to attend her first Roughrider game is instead fighting for her life in hospital after a devastating highway collision.On Saturday morning, Ashley and Matt Klassen, a couple...
Nov 05, 2019 A crowd funding campaign reached its goal in one day for a Saskatchewan couple injured in a head-on collision on November 2nd, 2019 (Submitted)
Canadian pork products back in China soon
The issues preventing the export of pork products to China have been resolved. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement on social media today.Sask Pork General Manager Mark Ferguson said th...
Nov 05, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Pork and beef exports to China resume
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted today Canadian beef and pork products will again be going to China.Trudeau commended Canada's Ambassador to China, Dominic Barton, and the Canadian meat industry ...
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Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday November 5, 2019
A farm equipment service manager said machinery is being put to the test on the prairies this year as harvest continues to drag on into November.Ryan Wiebe at Green Valley Equipment recommends keeping...
Nov 05, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Sask. to argue in court in favour of Trans Mountain pipeline
The Government of Saskatchewan will be backing the federal government in court with regards to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.In a media release Monday, the provincial government said it had be...
Nov 04, 2019
A tough year for fruit growers
A cold winter and fewer heat units in the summer created challenges for more then just grain and oilseed producers.For the domestic fruits and berries industry, it was a difficult year.Fruits crop spe...
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Listen: Pound-Maker looks for new opportunities
Pound-Maker Ag Ventures near Lanigan made the Saskatchewan Business Magazine Top 100 business list in the province again this year.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Pound-Maker President Brad We...
Nov 04, 2019 (submitted photo/Pound-maker Ag Ventures)
Agriculture Roundup for Monday November 4, 2019
Farmers in the Quill Lakes region have faced either drought-like conditions before their first rainfall in June or had fields that have been under water since flooding in 2011.The issue now is snow in...
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Agribition, Saskatchewan Roughriders announce multi-year partnership
Saskatchewan's love of football and agriculture is coming together in a new partnership.The Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) and the Saskatchewan Roughriders announced Saturday they're teaming up ahe...
Nov 03, 2019 L-R: Craig Reynolds, president and CEO of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Chris Lees, president of Canadian Western Agribition, and Chris Lane, CEO of Canadian Western Agribition pose for a photo in their new Agribition-themed Rider jerseys on Nov. 2, 2019. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
‘There’s more to Canada than the big cities:’ SARM president
The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) and Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) have teamed up in a call for some attention from the prime minister.It comes as Justin Trudeau has...
Nov 02, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)