Category Archives: News
AAFC January Outlook: wheat acreage expected to increase while canola acreage is expected to slip
In its January Outlook for Principal Field Crops, the Market Analysis Group of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has come out with seeded acreage predictions for the upcoming growing season. The Ag Can...
Harvard Media Jan 29, 2025
Bank of Canada cuts key rate by quarter point to 3% as tariffs threat loom
The Bank of Canada delivered another interest rate cut today, reducing its policy rate by a quarter-percentage point to three per cent. It's the central bank's sixth straight cut since June, with infl...
Harvard Media Jan 29, 2025
Watercraft Management Measures announced for Clear Lake in 2025
In 2025, Parks Canada plans to permit watercraft on Clear Lake under a "one boat, one lake" aquatic invasive species prevention program. This program will be similar to the one implemented in 2023. Th...
Harvard Media Jan 28, 2025
"Harvest Academy" will launch at Canada's Farm Show
Farmers attending Canada's Farm Show in March will be able to take advantage of a unique educational opportunity. The Farm Show runs from March 18-20 at REAL District in Regina, and an attraction anno...
Harvard Media Jan 27, 2025
Some or all Saskatchewan and other Peavey Mart locations might be closing
ESTEVAN - Peavey Mart is set to close, according to local sources and other media reports. Its store Estevan introduced a 10 per cent store-wide sale last weekend, and some departments were already lo...
Harvard Media Jan 27, 2025
Cameco's joint venture mining operation in Kazakhstan resumes
A joint venture mining operation in Kazakhstan that Saskatoon-based uranium mining company Cameco is involved with has resumed operations. A brief news release from Cameco on Monday morning noted it w...
Harvard Media Jan 27, 2025
CN Rail signal union issues 72-hour strike notice
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers says it has given Canadian National Railway a 72-hour strike notice. The union represents about 750 employees at CN who work in signals an...
Harvard Media Jan 26, 2025
'Turning point': Rent prices should see relief this year, but markets still tight
For Canadian renters, it may feel like the years since the COVID-19 pandemic have brought one hit after another. After a 4.6 per cent increase in the average asking price of a rental unit in...
Harvard Media Jan 26, 2025
Trump seeks to reshape American institutions with barrage of executive orders
Donald Trump began his first day as the 47th president of the United States with a dizzying display of force, signing a blizzard of executive orders that signaled his desire to remake American institu...
Harvard Media Jan 21, 2025
Wapella Fire Department holding fundraiser for former firefighter with cancer
There's going to be a pancake breakfast fundraiser at the Wapella Rink this weekend, supporting a former firefighter with the Wapella & District Fire Department. Abigail Korth was a firefighter wh...
Harvard Media Jan 20, 2025












