There is heightened security at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in advance of today’s throne speech and in the wake of shootings in Ottawa, including on Parliament Hill, that left at least one soldier and one gunman dead. Outdoor ceremonies in Regina involving members of the Canadian Armed Forces have been cancelled or moved indoors and […] Read more
Karen Briere
Stories by Karen Briere
Sask. egg producers tell story through videos
Saskatchewan egg producers want consumers to know more about how they operate. Several of the province’s 67 registered producers have participated in videos that take viewers inside their barns and to grading facilities. Shawn Harman, a third generation producer at Section 7 Farms near Humboldt, said not many people have the chance to see inside […] Read more
Sask. byelection set
Voters in Lloydminster will go to the polls Nov. 13 to elect a new MLA. Tim McMillan, who had represented the Saskatchewan constituency since 2007, recently stepped down from cabinet and elected office to head the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. The province is required to hold a byelection within six months of a vacancy […] Read more
Voice of Sask. crop report dies
Long-time Saskatchewan agrologist Grant McLean has died. McLean, who from 2009 until his retirement in 2013 was the face and voice of the provincial crop report, died Oct. 9 in Moose Jaw. He was 67. He spent his entire career with the ministry, beginning as an assistant ag rep in Swift Current in 1971 before […] Read more
Flu vaccination clinics open in Saskatchewan
Influenza vaccine clinics began yesterday in Saskatchewan. The vaccine is free and offered to all residents aged six months and older. People with high risk of complications from the flu are encouraged to be vaccinated. These include children younger than five, pregnant women, adults older than 65, nursing home residents, people with chronic health conditions […] Read more
Deadly bison virus lacks research: veterinarian
Lambs considered main source | Studies show the virus can be transmitted from sheep feedlots up to 10 kilometres away
A Saskatchewan veterinarian says it’s time industry and government took a closer look at a disease carried by sheep that is fatal in bison. Laboratory tests have confirmed that malignant catarrhal fever has claimed at least 19 animals in the RJ Game Farm herd near Fairlight, Sask., in the last few years. Co-owner Robert Johnson […] Read moreSask. eager to boost Asian trade, investment
Less reliant on U.S. | The government wants to promote value-added agriculture and open doors to partnerships
Saskatchewan should triple its exports to Asia by 2020, says a report presented to premier Brad Wall Sept. 30. The eight-member Saskatchewan-Asia Advisory Council released 45 recommendations as part of its mandate to advise the province on how best to meet trade expansion goals. In 2013, Saskatchewan exported a record $6.6 billion of products to […] Read moreCleanup underway at Sask. derailment site
Work is underway today at the site of a fiery CN train derailment in east-central Saskatchewan to transfer the contents from damaged cars and clean up the scene. Twenty-six of 100 cars went off the tracks late yesterday morning. Provincial emergency response officials said six of the 26 cars contained dangerous goods: two contained petroleum […] Read more
Flu vaccination starts next week in Sask.
Influenza vaccine clinics begin Oct. 14 in Saskatchewan. The vaccine is free and offered to all residents aged six months and older. People with high risk of complications from the flu are encouraged to be vaccinated. These include children younger than five, pregnant women, adults older than 65, nursing home residents, people with chronic health […] Read more
Tiny potatoes show potential
Tuberosum Technologies | Company official sees several markets for new, colourful potatoes
BRODERICK, Sask. — Potatoes so tiny that gardeners probably wouldn’t bother to bring them in from the garden fetch a premium in grocery stores for the Little Potato Co. The Edmonton-based company started growing these smallest of potatoes, known as creamers, in 1996 and has since expanded to meet demand from consumers who like the […] Read more
