Karen Briere

The Farmer Rail Car Coalition isn’t going anywhere any time soon. At a June 7 board meeting, the organization decided to continue its work even though it didn’t fulfil its original mission to obtain ownership of the federal hopper car fleet. “The board has decided to carry on negotiating with the province to try to […] Read more

MOOSE JAW – Chuck Ward says he’s done all he could do to control the field bindweed that has infested one quarter of his land. But the Rural Municipality of Terrell didn’t think so, and after several years of trying to reach agreement with Ward on how the noxious weed could be controlled or eradicated, […] Read more

MOOSE JAW – About 100 workers returned to their jobs June 12, more than a year after the pork processing plant that employed them and 170 others shut its doors. They came back as employees and owners. Through a labour-sponsored venture capital corporation, the workers now own a chunk of the company formerly known as […] Read more

A long-running attempt to have Net Income Stabilization Account changes declared improper could be headed back to court. Sander Holdings, Donald Patenaude and Mathew Nagyl want their case, which has already been heard in a number of courtrooms, certified as a class action. A federal court judge last year dismissed their application and they are […] Read more

Moving a grain elevator is a costly proposition, but the directors of an agricultural museum in Saskatchewan are determined to raise the money and get the job done by this fall. Long-range plans developed by the Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum near Moose Jaw, Sask., call for a small siding and three boxcars to […] Read more

Saskcan Pulse Trading has acquired a majority share of Horizon Seed Processors in Aberdeen, Sask., extending its reach throughout the pulse growing area of the province. The company hopes to capitalize on more opportunities in yellow and green peas by expanding beyond its locations in Regina and Rosetown. It also puts Saskcan into the seed […] Read more

Feasibility studies into two multibillion-dollar alternative energy projects, including one that that would make fertilizer from petroleum coke or coal, could be in jeopardy after reports that Ottawa may not kick in its half of the $40 million cost. The federal government is reviewing all agreements made by the previous Liberal government, including one made […] Read more

It could be at least November before Canadians get a glimpse of how biofuel will figure in their future. That’s the earliest the provinces and Ottawa could agree on how a biofuel strategy and mandate would be implemented. At the first meeting of federal and provincial ministers responsible for renewable fuels, held in Regina last […] Read more

The Farmer Rail Car Coalition says it will support Ottawa’s decision to keep its grain car fleet as long as a car replacement program is in place as soon as possible and farmers don’t have to pay for it. The FRCC has sent letters to transport minister Lawrence Cannon, agriculture minister Chuck Strahl and the […] Read more

It could be last call at the Swamp later this year. By 2007, the stadium that houses the longtime bar during Canadian Western Agribition might be gone, torn down along with two rows of barns as part of a proposed multimillion-dollar renewal project at Regina Exhibition Park. Park president and chief executive officer Mark Allan […] Read more