Saskatchewan agriculture minister Lyle Stewart will lead a 12-day trade mission to India, United Arab Emirates and Morocco later this month. The trip begins Feb. 15 and representatives of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers and SaskCanola will attend portions of it. The mission will include stops at the Punjabi Progressive Agriculture Summit, the Global Pulses Conclave in […] Read more
Karen Briere
Stories by Karen Briere
Alberta, Sask. forage, livestock sectors get funding
Federal funding for Canadian pork marketing | Federal and provincial funds also announced for 27 research projects in Saskatchewan
The federal government was busy making funding announcements last week pertaining to livestock and forage production and marketing. At the Banff Pork Seminar, agriculture minister Gerry Ritz’s announcement of $15 million to support pork marketing initiatives at home and abroad was received positively by industry officials, whose attention didn’t drift from major issues of trade […] Read moreSask. announces first farm worker training program
A program to train agricultural workers, promised by the Saskatchewan government in its growth plan, was unveiled in Yorkton this morning. The Agricultural Operator Program is a module-based program that will give potential workers practical training. Trainees can take one or more modules, depending on what they need or want to study. Potential employees do […] Read more
Sask. gov’t rejects joint running rights proposal to solve rail woes
Saskatchewan’s opposition NDP Jan. 28 called on government to enable joint running rights to help get grain moving. In a news release, deputy leader Trent Wotherspoon said producers did their part to produce a large crop and government should hold up its end of the bargain and take steps to solve the current transportation backlog. […] Read more
Sask. Cattlemen’s Association makes board changes
Paula Larson of D’Arcy, Sask., has been elected chair of the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association. The director from District 7 replaces Mark Elford of Wood Mountain (District 3A), who didn’t seek re-election but stays on the executive as past-chair. Larry Grant from Val Marie (District 3B) remains vice-chair. Taking over Larson’s duties as finance chair is […] Read more
Sask. flu numbers near 2009 pandemic
Alberta tops Prairies for H1N1 | Manitoba reports only 45 cases and no deaths as of Jan. 9
Alberta and Saskatchewan continue to be hot spots for seasonal influenza as both provinces reported more confirmed cases and related deaths last week. Saskatchewan had recorded 12 deaths associated with influenza as of Jan. 17, while Alberta reported 10 as of Jan. 15. Alberta has far more confirmed cases, at 2,200, than Saskatchewan’s 797, but […] Read more
Off-farm job, volunteering keep couple busy
RAYMORE, Sask. — At 3 a.m., Dan Lorenz could be checking a calving cow or driving 20 kilometres to Raymore to help land a STARS helicopter. In the last two years, STARS has landed five times at Raymore. “I did the training to land it,” Dan said. “It’s knowing where to set up the base […] Read more
Roofs, trees, grain bins destroyed by raging winds
Wind toppled trees, downed power lines, blew semi-trailers off the road and generally wreaked havoc on the Prairies Jan. 15. Gusts were clocked at up to 117 km-h in Prince Albert, Sask., and Saskatoon. All three prairie provinces were under a wind warning throughout the day. The winds also blew exceptionally warm air for this […] Read more
Pipeline running after closed by oil spill
An Enbridge pipeline south of Regina was temporarily shut down Saturday after a spill at its Rowatt pumping station. Enbridge shut down Line 67 just a few kilometres south of the city at about 10:50 a.m. and re-opened it at 9:20 p.m. Initial estimates from the company suggested the amount spilled was up to 125 […] Read more
Measles warning issued in Regina
The Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region and provincial health ministry are warning the public about two suspected cases of measles. The two are in addition to two others the ministry confirmed last week and involve adults. The ministry released a list of businesses and locations where people might have been exposed to the highly infectious diseases […] Read more
