Karen Morrison

ST. FRONT, Sask. – Tiny enough to be stored in a velvet ring box, this Holy Bible is the smallest known book in the world, says Guinness World Records. Maureen Syrenne was given the 3.17 x 4.44 centimetre book six years ago by her mother Myra Noga, who got it as a gift while courting […] Read more

Natural gas hikes will fuel more hardships for farmers, with intensive agricultural operations expecting the hardest hit. Sask Energy has asked for increases beginning June 1 that could see farm bills jump more than 40 percent, or about $41 a month on average for grain farms. High energy users like greenhouses and poultry barns could […] Read more

QUILL LAKE, Sask. – Mike Humenny remembers his parents helping hungry men who were of work and riding the rails during the Dirty Thirties in eastern Saskatchewan. “It’s part of my upbringing to always help those who need help,” said Humenny. “You know you never will get anything in return. You don’t even think about […] Read more

DODSLAND, Sask. – Adele Rublee stocks water at the front of her grocery store in Dodsland, Sask. Across the street, Jenn’s Garage keeps cooler-sized water jugs near the service counter. There is no store sign outside Rublee’s ADR Foods, but a water company’s logo is prominently featured on her windows. Each business sells between 40 […] Read more

North Battleford’s tainted water will be the focus of a judicial inquiry announced this week by Saskatchewan premier Lorne Calvert. High winds forced Calvert to travel by car May 7 instead of plane to North Battleford, where he was expected to meet with its city council. Calvert said the province’s chief justice would appoint a […] Read more

NORTHSIDE, Sask. -Rural business will survive and thrive by giving customers something that large chain stores do not, says Sask-atchewan entrepreneur June Derby. “You have to keep on top of what they’re looking for,” said Derby, general manager of Northside Lumber near Christ-opher Lake. “My customers tell me what I’m going to be doing.” Derby […] Read more

LEROY, Sask. – From the ashes of a devastating fire, Stomp Pork Farm and local farmers have banded together to undertake a $40 million project representing the largest hog expansion in Saskatchewan’s history. “We’re back in business,” said Ivan Stomp, president of Stomp Pork Farm Ltd., following a media conference in Leroy April 24. “There […] Read more

STRASBOURG, Sask. – Lisle Wagner is a single parent with three teenaged boys at home who are active in hockey. A diabetic who had kidney transplant surgery this year, he lives off a $1,200 monthly federal disability pension, child support from his ex-wife and the child tax credit. Poor health forced Wagner out of dairy […] Read more

A new publication will provide veterinarians with a steady diet of information on the latest in research and disease from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. Large Animal Veterinary Rounds will be printed 10 times a year in both French and English, with each issue focusing on one case. Editor Jonathan Naylor said response has […] Read more

AlvENA, Sask. — Every Sunday from April to October, Mike Shawaga gets on the phone to talk about weather, crops and disease. “You’re not much of a farmer if you’re not interested in that,” said Shawaga. He takes more than a passing interest, having served as a volunteer crop reporter for Sask-atchewan Agriculture for 25 […] Read more