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Veterinarian says ranchers should reconsider cattle branding
A longtime veterinarian wants beef producers to reconsider whether they really need to brand their cattle anymore.On The Greg Morgan Morning Show this week, Roy Lewis said branding is becoming an outd...
Aug 06, 2019 (file photo/CJME News Staff)

Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday August 6, 2019
Harvest is still weeks away but farmers are already looking ahead to next year. Between hail damage, high winds, heavy floods and drought, Nick Cornea said his crops near Briercrest, Saskatchewan, hav...
Aug 06, 2019 (File photo/farmnewsNOW Staff)

P.A.lawyers react to free cannabis pardon process
There's a varied reaction from some in Prince Albert's legal community to the federal government's move to offer a free pardon process for people convicted in the past of simple pot possession.One law...
Aug 06, 2019 (File photo:Tyler Marr/paNOW staff)

Agriculture Roundup for Friday August 2, 2019
Crop conditions are showing a wide range across the Saskatchewan grainbelt. Provincial crops analyst Cory Jacob said crops range from poor to excellent, but the majority are fair to good.He says crops...
Aug 02, 2019 (File photo/farmnewsNOW staff)

Hay in short supply across the province: crop report
Hay yields have been well below normal for many producers this year, but a spokesperson for the Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association remains optimistic about the weeks ahead.Brian Perillet, Manager of...
Aug 01, 2019 (File photo/ farmnewsNOW Staff)

‘He wanted to talk:’ Saskatchewan woman recalls finding Mountie killer in field
SPIRITWOOD, Sask. - For a Saskatchewan woman who discovered a fugitive Mountie killer hiding in her family's hayfield more than a decade ago, the intense search for two young murder suspects in northe...
Aug 01, 2019 (Submitted photo/Canadian Press)

Agriculture Roundup for Thursday August 1, 2019
Storms that brought hail over the past month have led to a lot of crop damage and hail claims.Canadian Crop Hail Association President Rick Omelchenko said around 2,000 claims have been made in Saskat...
Aug 01, 2019 (File photo/farmnewsNOW Staff)

Sask. elder, leader Tony Cote passes away at 84
A well respected leader and elder in Saskatchewan has died.Tony Cote passed away Wednesday at the age of 84."We lost a great man today," said Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cam...
Aug 01, 2019 Elder Tony Cote at a ceremony in Regina in 2011 (Regina Police/Facebook)

Fired Saskatoon cop found not guilty of arrest assault
A former Saskatoon cop is looking to get his job back after a judge cleared him of assault on Tuesday.Cheers erupted in the courtroom after Justice Richard Danyliuk found Jarrett Gelowitz not guilty o...
Jul 31, 2019 Jarrett Gelowitz arrives for Saskatoon Court of Queen's Bench. (Global News)

RCMP scaling down search for murder suspects in northern Manitoba
WINNIPEG - The RCMP are scaling back the search for two British Columbia murder suspects in remote northern Manitoba.Assistant Commissioner Jane MacLatchy said over the past week officers have searche...
Jul 31, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Twitter, Manitoba RCMP, @rcmpmb