A British Columbia poultry producer says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency far overstepped when it fined him for violating interprovincial meat transport laws. Ken Falk, who operates Fraser Valley Specialty Poultry, was exonerated but is out $215,000 in legal fees with no way to get that money back. “It’s been a nightmare,” Falk said of […] Read more
Farm Living
Policing review alarms SW Sask.
‘Super-hub’ term sparks fears regional RCMP services will be consolidated, but senior officer attempts to put minds at ease
MAPLE CREEK, Sask. — Residents of southwestern Saskatchewan aren’t buying RCMP claims that detachments won’t close and policing service won’t be diminished after a review is complete. Many of the 415 people attending a public meeting in Maple Creek Jan. 15 said they weren’t reassured by comments from South District officer superintendent Kevin Kunetzki that […] Read more
Couple turns alpaca fleece into yarn
Anne Goodwin and Bob Estes raise 65 alpaca, run a woolen mill and sell their products directly to customers
LINDEN, Alta. — A & B Fiberworks owner Anne Goodwin remembers the event that sparked her woolen mill career. She and her husband, Bob Estes, had attended an exotic game auction in nearby Innisfail in the early 2000s. She says it was a social outing but also “kind of a remembrance from back home.” Goodwin […] Read more
B.C. cattle producers resettle in Saskatchewan
On the Farm: Family wanted a place with good water, close to a major centre and near other young ranching families
MORSE, Sask. — Trading the mountains of British Columbia for the rolling hills north of Morse, Sask., represented a huge opportunity for Erika and Cyle Stewart. They and Erika’s parents, Bill and Terry Strande, relocated Pine Ranch to Saskatchewan in 2017 because urban pressure near their Merritt, B.C., operation made expansion difficult. “It was getting […] Read more
Take care of your eyes by making healthy eating choices
With the arrival of the year 2020 we are reminded that this number is often recognized as an indicator of perfect vision. It seems appropriate in the year 2020 to consider what nutrients and foods preserve and promote vision health. Making healthy lifestyle and diet choices can help keep our eyes healthy and may prevent […] Read more
Corral-style traps help control wild pigs in Sask.
The government is also using Judas pigs, which when released will eventually join wild pigs and reveal their location
Efforts to control Saskatchewan’s wild pig population are beginning to show positive results, according to an official at the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. Darby Warner, executive director of insurance with SCIC, says as many as 400 wild pigs have been eradicated in Saskatchewan over the past four years. Much of that success is the result […] Read more
Sask. woman speaks out against illegal snares
Snare was placed too close to family’s farmyard, but president of provincial trapping association calls case an exception
It is a pet owner’s worst nightmare — a beloved pet not returning home. For Virginia Bells, that nightmare became a reality when her one-year-old St. Bernard, Gord, was not home to greet them on Dec. 18 at their farm near Humboldt, Sask. Gord was later found in an illegally placed snare near their yard. […] Read moreSon’s attention deficit diagnosis not the end of the world
Q: My husband and I have just returned from a school meeting with our son’s Grade 2 teacher and the school’s consulting psychologist. The teacher complained that our son is not settling into his school work and wants to refer him to a physician the school uses to work with kids diagnosed with attention deficit […] Read more
Potential RCMP changes cause alarm
The Saskatchewan RCMP insists it has made no decisions on future policing in the southwestern part of the province, despite a public meeting notice indicating a super-hub model is a possibility. Rhetoric has heated up on social media after meeting notices went out regarding the policing model in the Cypress Region, which includes Leader, Maple […] Read more
Finnish settlers left steamy legacy in Alberta
Saunas were among the first things these early pioneers built when they arrived in Alberta; some are still functional
SYLVAN LAKE, Alta. — Nestled in a bluff of trees in a farmer’s field just west of town on Highway 11A is a small weathered wooden structure. At first glance one would assume it’s an old granary, but the red brick chimney protruding from the centre of the roof indicates otherwise. An up-close inspection reveals […] Read more
