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NorSask and Meadow Lake Tribal Council receive $3 million in funding from federal government
Meadow Lake Tribal Council Industrial Investments received $3 million in funding from the federal government Wednesday morning.The funding is for the NorSask Forest Products facility, to focus on crea...
Aug 15, 2019 Meadow Lake Tribal Council will receive $3 million in federal funding for their NorSask sawmill. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)

Agriculture Roundup for Thursday Aug. 15, 2019
A new high-efficiency elevator has officially been opened in Maidstone, Saskatchewan.G3 Canada said this facility is similar to their other grain elevators across Western Canada that feature fast truc...
Aug 15, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)

Clubroot test kits available
Clubroot surveillance is an important way to increase the understanding of the distribution and severity of disease in Saskatchewan.Ministry of Agriculture crops extension specialist Kim Stonehouse sa...
Aug 14, 2019 (File photo/ farmnewsNOW staff)

Alberta, Saskatchewan say they have no plans to put carbon tax stickers on pumps
EDMONTON - Carbon-tax-fighting governments in Alberta and Saskatchewan say they have no plans to follow Ontario's lead and force gas stations to put anti-carbon tax stickers on their pumps.Ontario's P...
Aug 14, 2019 Submitted photo/ CKOM News

Scheer excoriates Trudeau, calls on RCMP to investigate SNC-Lavalin affair
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says there's now more than enough evidence of misconduct by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the SNC-Lavalin affair to warrant an investigation by the RCMP.S...
Aug 14, 2019 (File photo/ Canadian Press)

Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday August 14, 2019
Prairie farmers hauled 21.1 million tonnes of wheat to market in the crop year ending Aug. 1.Sask Wheat's market outlook said farm deliveries were up 13 per cent from the year before.Wheat exports for...
Aug 14, 2019 (ID 152030123 © Igor Stevanovic Dreamstime.com)

Wheat commissions commit millions to research
Wheat commissions in Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba have provided $17.9 million to 81 wheat research projects during the 2018-2019 crop year.Sask Wheat provided funding toward the development of n...
Aug 13, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)

Health authority examines anonymous whistleblower hotline options
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has put out a call for proposals to establish an anonymous tip line for reporting employees who break the rules.The provincial health agency confirmed the news ...
Aug 13, 2019 (file photo/JPBG News Staff)

Infrastructure money cash 'not Ralph Goodale's re-election fund:' Moe
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is suggesting the federal government is playing favourites with infrastructure funding to give a boost to Liberal-area member of Parlia...
Aug 13, 2019

Volatility in the hog markets
Large hog supplies and uncertain Chinese trade have caused turbulence in the hog markets.HAMS Marketing Services Director of Risk Management Tyler Fulton said the trade situation with China continues ...
Aug 13, 2019 (Alice McFarlane/farmnewsNOW Staff)