Provincial News

The voting period remains open to fill spots on the SaskOilseeds Board of Directors. Five people are vying for four spots on the Board — David Altrogge from Saint Benedict, Patricia Lung from Lake Lenore, Thomas MacKenzie from Zehner, Codie Nagy from Ogema, and Dean Roberts from Coleville. These candidates have different farming backgrounds from […]

CARLYLE — Construction of the new Bekevar Wind Energy Facility north of Moose Mountain Provincial Park is complete, says SaskPower in a news release Friday morning. Owned and operated by Bekevar Wind LP, a limited partnership between Innagreen Investments and Awasis Nehiyawewini Energy Development Limited Partnership, a wholly-owned Cowesses First Nation entity, the wind facility […]

REGINA – Opposition Leader Carla Beck has announced the NDP shadow cabinet and all their MLAs will have a critic role. The entire expanded caucus of 27 NDP MLAs will be in the shadow cabinet, facing the 16 Sask Party cabinet ministers. In addition to being the Opposition Leader, Beck will take on Agriculture and […]

Saskatchewan cattle producers continue to enjoy solid prices. Canfax’s Cattle Market Update for the week ending November 8th shows most feeder steer and feeder heifer prices were on the rise again. Only the 700-800 pound steers (down $2.19) and the 400-500 pound heifers (down $0.25) reported week-over-week decreases. The largest increase, meanwhile, for the feeder […]

A newly-incorporated, Saskatchewan-based company is expanding its reach in the pulse and specialty grain market. Harvest Grain Ltd is combining existing assets with new Saskatchewan acquisitions. Bornhorst Seeds Ltd. at St. Gregor in northeast Saskatchewan, a Canary seed buyer and processor, is an existing asset of the company. In the near term, all grain transactions […]

ESTEVAN – SaskPower’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility at the Boundary Dam Power Station Unit 3 near Estevan continues its strong performance as the facility has eclipsed 10 years of operation, the Crown corporation said in a news release Wednesday. According to SaskPower, as of Sept. 30, 2024, the CCS facility had captured 6,434,234 […]

SASKATOON — Saskatchewan Heavy Construction Association President Shantel Lipp said the organization is ready to co-operate again with Dave Marit, who will be returning to his previous role leading the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure. Marit, who overwhelmingly won re-election to represent Wood River in the Legislature, was appointed the Minister of Highways by Premier […]

Seventeen community groups and First Nations in Saskatchewan have received funds through Farm Credit Canada’s AgriSpirit Fund. This year, $1.5 million was available to communities across Canada with $254,500 distributed to the 17 projects across the province. Carla Warnyca, the Manager of Community Investment with FCC, says the AgriSpirit Fund is designed to help rural […]

A new face is taking on the role of Provincial Agriculture Minister. Premier Scott Moe unveiled his new Cabinet Thursday morning that included Daryl Harrison taking over the Agriculture file from David Marit, who had been in the role since 2018. Marit becomes the Minister of Highways – a position he previously held before moving […]

October was a warm and dry month, according to monthly weather statistics from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). Danielle Desjardins, a Meteorologist at the national weather office, says most weather stations in Saskatchewan reported temperatures one to three degrees above normal compared to previous October’s. Key Lake was the only spot to record its […]