A Court of Queen’s Bench judge has dismissed an application for a judicial review of a decision by Animal Protection Services of Saskatchewan not to return seized cattle to their owner. However, Justice B.L. Klatt said APSS could have been fairer in working with the cattle producer. Andrew Mandziak from Hubbard, Sask., also tried to […] Read more
Karen Briere
Stories by Karen Briere
Bad storms increase hail claims
Saskatchewan Municipal Hail Insurance took a financial hit last year after more damaging storms. President Wayne Black said 77 storms in 2021 affected 254 rural municipalities and cost $132 million. “The damage of these storms was very widespread and amounted to 5,971 claims, which is higher than the five-year average,” Black told the Saskatchewan Association […] Read more
Broadband affordability called vital
Gaining access to reliable, high-quality broadband is only the first step in closing the gap between rural and urban Canada, delegates to the recent Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities convention heard. Ken Coates, the Canada research chair in regional innovation at the University of Saskatchewan’s Johnson-Shoyama School of Public Policy and a member of the […] Read more
Agribition looks for new CEO
Canadian Western Agribition will be looking for a new chief executive officer after Economic Development Regina announced it has hired Chris Lane. Lane had been at Agribition for nearly six years and becomes president and joins EDR April 25. EDR board vice-chair Tina Svedahl said Lane was chosen after a “diligent and intentional” recruitment process. […] Read more
Food security grabs world’s attention
Global food security is at risk from the war in Ukraine because the food system was already in trouble, said a panel discussing the Russian invasion. Ted Bilyea, distinguished policy fellow at the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute, said the war is exacerbating existing issues. Before the invasion, global food prices in the United Nation’s Food […] Read more
Saskatchewan takes aim at wild pigs
CORRECTION – 0845 CST March 28, 2022 – The original version of this story contained an estimate of the number of wild pigs in Sask. That estimate cannot be confirmed and has been removed. Regulations under development in Saskatchewan will place wild pigs under the provincial Pest Control Act and allow people to use poison […] Read more
Burial not only option for derailed corn: CFIA
Agency says it’s often seen as easiest option when corn is spilled during a derailment, but salvaging as feed also possible
Corn spilled in train derailments could still feed livestock if the buyer, seller and transporter agree. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency clarified this week that corn spilled from cars isn’t always buried, as was suggested after a recent accident involving 34 cars of corn on a Canadian Pacific Railway line near Drinkwater, Sask. “My feeling […] Read more
Trespass law prompts treaty rights concerns
The president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities says the new trespass legislation shouldn’t prevent people from accessing land for legitimate purposes. Ray Orb said he has heard the recent concerns from the Office of the Treaty Commissioner that First Nations people weren’t able to enjoy their treaty rights because of the law that […] Read more
Sask. wants rail declared essential
Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe last week launched a petition calling for rail to be declared an essential service. At the time, Canadian Pacific Railway workers were in a strike position, but the employer later locked them out. Moe was the first to sign the petition, which he introduced at the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities […] Read more
Crop insurance deadline extended
Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. has extended the deadline to enrol in or make changes for 2022. In a March 14 news release, agriculture minister David Marit and federal minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said they had added two weeks to the deadline because of supply chain concerns. “Due to logistical challenges because of the ongoing supply-chain issues […] Read more
