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Agriculture Roundup for Thursday October 18, 2019
Saskatchewan feeder cattle prices were higher last week.Every weight category saw improvement with the biggest increase in the 300 to 400 pound and 400 to 500 pound weight classes. Both were more than...
Oct 17, 2019 (Submitted photo/BeefResearch.ca)
Province forms education team to solve class size issue in schools
The provincial government believes it has found a way to resolve a major concern at the bargaining table with teachers.In addition to a dispute over wages, the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation (STF) w...
Oct 16, 2019
Métis groups file historic inter-provincial land claim through oil sands country
Traditional Mtis territories in Northern Saskatchewan and Alberta filed a claim covering roughly 122,000 square kilometres, most of which is in oil sands territory, at Court of Queen's Bench in Saskat...
Oct 16, 2019 A Métis land claim for roughly 122,000 square km was filed at Saskatoon's Court of Queen's Bench on Wednesday, October 16, 2019. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)
Listen: Plant protein versus animal protein
Plant based proteins in grocery stores and fast food restaurants have been generating a lot of conversation around food choices.Alice McFarlane with Ag Access attended the Protein 2050 - Examining the...
Oct 16, 2019 Panelists Lesley Kelly, Matthew Nosworthy and Andrew Van Kessel discuss protein at USask debate sponsored by Farm and Food Care Sask.(Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Improving the nutritional content of pulses
It's World Food Day.Scientists have been working to deliver more nutritious crops to developing countries with undernourished populations and to Western countries for healthier diets.Saskatchewan is u...
Oct 16, 2019 ID 89393308 © Katarzyna Bialasiewicz Dreamstime.com
Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday October 16, 2019
A Saskatoon agricultural real-estate agent is listing what he said is one of the biggest farm lots currently for sale in the country.Darren Sander is working to sell the listing that combines three fa...
Oct 16, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)
Pathlow rail incident under investigation
An incident involving two CN Rail locomotives near Pathlow on Saturday was not a collision.CN Rail's Jonathan Abecassis said in an email the crew was attempting a routine coupling procedure. He added ...
Oct 15, 2019 (Facebook/St. Brieux Fire Department)
Listen: Comparing federal political party ag policy
With this challenging and stressful fall, many producers haven't had a lot of time to focus on the federal election campaign.One farm group has gathered the ag policy platforms of political parties in...
Oct 15, 2019 ID 154964746 © Deer729 Dreamstime.com
Premier Scott Moe safe as typhoon hits Tokyo
Premier Scott Moe is safe after hunkering down in Tokyo just as a powerful typhoon battered the Japanese city.Moe has been on a trade mission in Asia and said some of the Saskatchewan delegation trave...
Oct 13, 2019 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Investigation after death at Onion Lake RCMP
A 19-year-old man from Lloydminster was pronounced dead yesterday after he was found unconscious in the cell area at the Onion Lake RCMP detachment.According to a media release from the Saskatchewan R...
Oct 13, 2019 (File photo/JPBG Staff)