Sask. plans burning in provincial park

Saskatchewan parks staff intend to carry out a prescribed burn in Fort Carlton Provincial Park between May 21 and  May 23, weather permitting. The burn area will be about 136 acres and is east of the park interpretive centre, between the North Saskatchewan River, the entrance road and the east park boundary. This burn is […] Read more

Most flood zones move into recovery mode in Sask.

Most flooded areas in Saskatchewan are moving into the recovery phase, emergency management commissioner Duane McKay said today. There are still areas under declared states of emergency, but several will expire within the next several days. These include the village of Borden and the rural municipalities of Prince Albert, Humboldt, Rosthern, Fish Creek and Great […] Read more

Sask. boy dies in ATV accident

A 13-year-old boy from a farm near Arborfield, Sask., is dead after an ATV accident. RCMP said the boy was driving the ATV through a field from his farm to his grandparents’ farm. He tried to go between two fence posts where he always drove and where the barbed wire was supposed to be down. […] Read more


Sask. farmers make seeding progress

Saskatchewan farmers took advantage of dry sunny weather last week to make some seeding progress. Province-wide, about eight percent of the crop is in the ground, behind the five-year average of 16 percent for this time of year. The southwest is the furthest advanced at 29 percent, followed by four percent in the southeast, three […] Read more

Sask. on wildfire alert

Southern Saskatchewan is at extreme risk for wildfires today, provincial officials said. High winds and dry conditions could combine to produce fires that spread rapidly. “We are in a crossover situation, which means the temperature is higher than the (relative humidity) value,” said emergency management commissioner Duane McKay. “That would be considered extreme.” In Alberta, […] Read more


Changes urged for fish hatchery

Operations could change at a provincially owned fish hatchery in Fort Qu’Appelle, Sask., after a request from the Fish and Wildlife Development Fund’s steering committee. Environment minister Ken Cheveldayoff said the committee approached the government with ideas about how to better operate the facility, which raises mainly walleye and trout. “We’re undertaking some consultations right […] Read more

‘Great things’ expected from Sask. water funding hike

Governments have boosted funding for the popular farm and ranch water infrastructure program in Sask-atchewan by 30 percent for the next five years. The federal and provincial agriculture ministers announced the details of the $65 million program in Regina May 3. David Marit, president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, said rural residents would […] Read more

Ag Canada has privacy issues

Privacy breaches exposed private information about 92,422 farmers and Agriculture Canada clients during the past five years, according to information presented to Parliament last week. It made the agriculture department the third worst offender on privacy issues in the federal government during the past decade. By far, the overwhelming problem was in 2008-09 when 92,000 […] Read more


Province to support mentorship program

The Saskatchewan and federal governments are investing $500,000 to develop the next generation of agricultural leaders. Provincial agriculture minister Lyle Stewart announced May 2 that a youth leadership and mentorship program will be offered over the next five years as part of Growing Forward 2 programming. “Youth are the future of this industry and the […] Read more

Major highway re-opens in Sask. but others remain closed due to flooding

Highway 16 east of Radisson, Sask., has re-opened to all traffic after the east-bound lanes were closed to light vehicles for several days due to flooding. Highways spokesperson Kirsten Leatherdale said the road re-opened about 3:40 a.m. today when the water subsided enough to allow all vehicles through. Eight pumps and an Aqua Dam were […] Read more