Provincial News

The Canadian Grain Commission has revoked the grain dealer licence and primary elevator licences of Purely Canada Foods Corp. in Avonlea, Kindersley and Lajord. According to sources in the grain trade, Purely Canada has been struggling to pay its bills for quite some time and there are many farmers unpaid for grain deliveries, particularly pulse […]

MACKLIN — The Macklin Fire Department says Logan Sieben, 25, arrested and charged by Unity RCMP in connection to recent hay bale fires in Unity/Macklin, was a member of the department. “After weeks of working hand in hand with the RCMP, our worst suspicions were confirmed and a person of interest was taken into custody. It is […]

Insurance claims have been made over the past week following storms that brought hail, causing varying degrees of crop damage. Ag Direct Hail Insurance is one of those companies that have been busy. Executive Vice President of Ag Direct Bruce Lowe says they’ve received about 150 claims over the last week – over 100 come […]

After a series of twists and turns, Canadian rail service is back on track Monday morning. The Canada Industrial Relations Board issued a ruling late Saturday afternoon, indicating it could not go against a request from the federal labor minister to impose binding arbitration and end a three-day old disruption in rail service. This was […]

The federal government’s plan to get Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and Canadian National Railway (CN Rail) workers back to work could go off the rails. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents 93-hundred employees of CPKC and CN, issued 72-hour strike notice to Canadian National Railway Friday morning, while members on the CPKC […]

Canada’s High Commissioner to the U-K Ralph Goodale is back in Regina. As a long time MP for Regina Wascana, as well as a former cabinet minister, Goodale says its nice to come back home for a visit. He was speaking to the Canadian Club of Regina in an even live streamed on this web […]

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) is expressing serious concern over the recent rail network disruptions that pose a severe threat to the province’s grain producers. The disruption not only cast a profound shadow of uncertainty over the operations and sustainability of Saskatchewan’s grain producers but also impacts the timely delivery of essential machinery […]

The “Stop the Strike” coalition held a news conference Wednesday morning, calling on CN Rail and CPKC Rail to resolve their labour dispute with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference. However, the deadline of midnight Eastern Time (10:01 p.m. SK time) came and went without a deal in place. Crew scheduling and fatigue management are among […]

Three organizations representing rural municipalities in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba are calling on Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon to use binding arbitration “if the railways and union are unable to reach an agreement prior to Thursday, when labour disruptions would begin.” That’s despite MacKinnon already rejecting CN Rail’s request for binding arbitration and has said […]

Canadian grain exports for the new crop year are off to a good start, but it’s likely aided by anticipation of a rail strike or lockout. Numbers from the SaskWheat Market Outlook for the week of August 19 show Canada exported 528 thousand tonnes of wheat in week one of the 2024-25 crop year and […]