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Sask. Party shuts down emergency debate on education

The Saskatchewan NDP believes there's a crisis happening in the province's schools, but when its education critic tried to start an emergency debate on the subject after the first Question Period of t...

Oct 24, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)

Throne speech supported by RM's

The group that represents the province's rural municipalities is encouraged by the throne speech.The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) President Ray Orb said there is a need to b...

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Listen: Safe storage of pulses

Farmers have been working hard to bring in the last of the crop.Most of the pulse crops are in the bin now, but are they in the best condition possible to hold up for the long term?Alice McFarlane wit...

Oct 24, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)

Agriculture Roundup for Thursday October 24, 2019

A Farm Credit Canada (FCC) campaign will feed a lot of people this winter.FCC Drive Away Hunger, along with its industry partners, participating schools and volunteers will provide 16 million meals fo...

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Sask. gov’t focuses on distracted driving, vaping in throne speech

Premier Scott Moe's government is promising to pass legislation this session to regulate vaping and to increase the penalties for distracted driving.Those were two of the key messages in the speech fr...

Oct 23, 2019 (file photo/CJME News Staff)

Listen: Agriculture issues in the legislature

The fall session of the legislature opened today with the speech from the throne.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access talks to Provincial Agriculture Minister David Marit about priorities for the agricultur...

Oct 23, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)

Farmers reject seed royalty proposals

Farmers have been asked for their opinions on two seed royalties proposals and they don't like either.Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) started con...

Oct 23, 2019 (Twitter/@Cereals_Canada)

Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday October 23, 2019

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture is calling on the new Trudeau government to make farm issues a priority. President Mary Robinson said regardless of political ideology all MPs should appreciate ...

Oct 23, 2019

‘She was the rock’: Husband, curling community grieve loss of Sask. curler and mother

A Warman family and Saskatchewan's curling community are in mourning after the sudden death of a beloved mom and provincial curling team member.Aly Jenkins, a lead for Sherry Anderson's curling rink, ...

Oct 23, 2019 Aly Jenkins was a member of the Sherry Anderson rink out of Saskatoon's Nutana Curling Club. (Team Sherry Anderson/Facebook)

Farm group reaction mixed on federal vote

The Liberals have a minority government without winning a single seat in Alberta or Saskatchewan.The chair of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association (WCWGA) said that's bad news for agricultur...