Category Archives: News
Aurora Borealis Lights Up Skies Over North America During Major Geomagnetic Storm
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta - The skies over Fort McMurray and much of North America were illuminated by the aurora borealis as one of the largest geomagnetic storms of the century took place. The storm wa...
Oct 11, 2024
Financially troubled grain broker leaves producers unpaid
A grain broker operating in Western Canada has hit a financial squeeze resulting in a number of producers being unpaid for grain deliveries made many months ago. The broker is not licensed to buy grai...
Oct 11, 2024
Esterhazy RCMP searching for stolen vehicle from RM of Fertile Belt
Esterhazy RCMP is requesting the public's assistance in locating a stolen red 1997 Jeep TJ.The red Jeep TJ with Saskatchewan plate 654 MHL was last seen at a property south of Esterhazy in the RM of F...
Oct 11, 2024
Harvest inching closer to 100 per cent complete
Harvest is basically done in Saskatchewan, as progress is at 97 per cent complete. Producers in the southwest are done; the southeast and west-central are wrapping up at 98 per cent, and farmers in th...
Oct 10, 2024
Port of Montreal dockworkers begin overtime strike, upping fears of backlogs
Dockworkers at the Port of Montreal have halted all overtime work in a pressure tactic targetting management as contract talks continue. The overtime strike by the union representing nearly 1,200 long...
Oct 10, 2024
Cattle prices down to start October: Cattle Market Update
Cattle prices in the province were mostly down last week. The cattle market update from Canfax for the week ending October 4th shows prices were down in the 6-to-7, 7-8, and 8-9 hundred pound feeder s...
Oct 09, 2024
Farm land value increases in first half of 2024: FCC report
The value of farmland across Canada for the first six months of 2024 increased by 5.5 per cent. That's according to a mid-year farmland values review done by Farm Credit Canada, which cited elevated b...
Oct 09, 2024
CN Rail President and CEO In Regina for the Hill Business School Dinner.
Tracy Robinson, the president and CEO of Canadian National Railway, is making a visit to Regina, and its a homecoming of sorts. Robinson was born in Bethune, and went to Lumsden High School. After att...
Oct 09, 2024
Study shows Agribition has major impact
Last year's Canadian Western Agribition created lots of positive economic activity for the province. Agribition shared stats from an economic impact study conducted by Praxis Consulting. It showed the...
Oct 08, 2024
Oct. 7th Melville City Council Highlights
Melville City council approved a new Memorial Tree and Bench program. The program allows the public to pay tribute to a loved one by donating and dedicating a tree or trees or a bench to be plan...
Oct 08, 2024
