Karen Morrison

BRUNO, Sask. – Bruno has said yes to a healthier school body. The school has adopted the Youth Empowerment Strategies, or YES project, to promote good health and lifestyles. Partners for Rural Family Support, based in Humboldt, Sask., got two years of funding from Health Canada for the YES program for rural regions. Saskatchewan Lotteries, […] Read more

MAYMONT, Sask.-Organic producers will pool their resources and steer clear of heavy debt loads at a new organic seed cleaning and processing plant in this west-central Saskatchewan community. The Northwest Organic Community Mills Co-operative Ltd. plans to start cleaning seed in December and begin secondary processing early in the new year in the former Maymont […] Read more

WYNYARD, Sask. – The Bognor hockey team spent an hour shovelling snow off the ice before playing hockey there for two more hours. When evening came, they would plant a hockey stick in the snowbank and hang a lantern on it to light their play. “Temperature was not a problem; we’d play if it was […] Read more

DELISLE, Sask. – Increasing egg production in Saskatchewan and protecting the supply managed industry are the priorities for two new members of the Saskatchewan Egg Producers board. Cliff Colborn of Colborn Farms Ltd. near Delisle, and Jim Teichrob of Amberlea Farms near Pike Lake, were appointed to the positions this fall after the mid-term departures […] Read more

Tim Wiens resigned as director of the Saskatchewan Egg Producers in August following disagreements with how the board was operating. Wiens, whose term would have expired with elections next spring, said he was unhappy with the way the board was run, with its management and with how the directors were handling it. “I had differences […] Read more

MAIDSTONE, Sask. – Scott McClelland believes horses raised on Canadian farms make good ranch and police horses because they are hardy and many have already worked for a living. “They’re not babied,” said McClelland, who trains and sells horses at his family farm in west-central Saskatchewan. Some of his 50 Quarter horses were born and […] Read more

LEADER, Sask. – It’s an unseasonably cool fall day at Jerry Watts’ farm, but it matters little to the crows swooping down on vulnerable corn cobs at the edge of the field. The fields are also abuzz with harvesters mulching corn plants into silage and trucks with heaping loads lumbering down the dusty road to […] Read more

OUTLOOK, Sask.-Saskatchewan’s participation in the Alberta Corn Committee trials for the first time this year reflects a growing interest in the crop. Previously these tests, designed by irrigators, researchers and extension specialists to find the most appropriate corn for irrigated grain and silage production for a specific region, have been held in Alberta. Interest in […] Read more

OUTLOOK, Sask. – Outlook will be home to the longest pedestrian bridge in Canada when an old railway bridge becomes part of the Trans Canada Trail this fall. Volunteers Doreen Bell, Ruth Ballek and Russell McPherson have helped organize a number of fundraisers like a triathlon and town-wide garage sale to pay the $100,000 cost […] Read more

Genetic research could mean safer chicken eggs and stronger shells for consumers. Max Hincke, a professor of cellular and molecular medicine at the University of Ottawa, is looking at ways to strengthen eggshells and reduce the risk of salmonella contamination in uncooked food. Egg shells are made from minerals and protein. Hincke and a team […] Read more