Antifreeze recycling coming to Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan government is expanding the provincial recycling program to include antifreeze, antifreeze containers, diesel exhaust fluid containers and diesel fuel filters.
The size of containers for recycling has also increased from 30 litres to 50 litres.
Used oil, used oil filters and used plastic oil containers can already be recycled in the province.
The Saskatchewan Association for Resource Recovery Corporation (SARRC), which operates Saskatchewan’s recycling program for oil, was behind the expansion.
Manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers and retailers can recycle these additional products through the existing SARRC program. Changes come into effect Jan. 1.
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SJHL announces new Viterra division
Viterra is the latest corporate sponsor to join the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.
As part of their agreement, the SJHL has created the Viterra Division, which consists of the Estevan Bruins, Melville Millionaires, Yorkton Terriers and Weyburn Red Wings.
The SJHL regular season began Sept. 19 with two Viterra division rivals, the Bruins and Millionaires.
new Thunder Bay port chair
Greg S. Arason was elected as the Thunder Bay Port Authority board of directors’ new chair earlier this year.
Arason has been a director with the Port Authority since 2011 and resides in Winnipeg.
He served as president of CWB from 2006-08 and 1998-2002. He was chief executive officer of Manitoba Pool Elevators from 1988-98 and has served on many corporate and industry associations, including the Western Transportation Advisory Council, the Western Grain Elevator Association and the Vancouver Port Authority.
FMC Canada hires account manager
FMC Canada has hired Gord Hamilton as an account manager with a territory within southern Saskatchewan.
In his new position, Hamilton will lead implementation of marketing and communications strategies as well as relationship building efforts with retailer customers.
The agronomist has more than 17 years of ag retail, wholesale and marketing experience.
As a regional manager for Yara Belle Plaine, Inc., Hamilton’s responsibilities included building retailer relationships, training sales representatives and presenting agronomic information to growers and retailers across Western Canada.
Hamilton began his new position Sept. 3.
Soybean research funding for manitoba
The Manitoba Pulse Growers Association is receiving $7 million from Agriculture Canada for a breeding project led by the Canadian Field Crop Research Alliance.
The Canadian Field Crop Genetics Improvement Cluster, a five-year, $10.3 million initiative, will bring together researchers from the public and private sectors to enhance the genetics of soybeans, grain corn, oats, and barley to produce high-yielding, low input, disease-resistant varieties.
MPGA is interested in two activities in the cluster: short season soybean improvement research, including high yields, specialty traits and identification of resistance to root rots, and the development of short season herbicide tolerant soybean varieties adapted to the Prairies.
John Deere scholarships
Fifteen recipients of the 2013 John Deere Canada 4-H Scholarships have been chosen as part of 4-H’s 100th anniversary.
They will receive $2,000 each toward their post-secondary education this fall. The funding for these scholarships came from John Deere Canada and participating dealership.
Recipients are:
- Rachel Glatt, DeWinton, Alta., Cervus Equipment, Alberta
- Bryn Swaré, Tofield, Alta., Deerland Equipment, Alberta
- Rachel Verwey, Portage la Prairie, Man., Enns Brothers Ltd., Manitoba
- Makayla Rettger, Aberdeen, Sask., Cervus Equipment, Saskatchewan
- Samantha Farquharson, Mount Brydges, Ont., Fulline Farm & Garden Equipment Ltd., Ontario
- Hannah Jamieson, Falmouth, N.S., Green Diamond Equipment, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
- Laura Horner, Minnedosa, Man., Greenland Equipment Ltd., Manitoba
- Cassie Scott, Boissevain, Man., Greenvalley Equipment Inc., Manitoba
- Shelby Drew, Canton-de-Hatley, Que., Groupe JLD Lague, Quebec
- Katelyn O’Neil, Denfield, Ont., Huron Tractor Ltd., Ontario
- Jacqueline Toews, Glaslyn, Sask., JayDee Ag Tech, Saskatchewan
- Oliver Edwards, Major, Sask., JayDee AgTech, Saskatchewan
- Amy Pizzey, Binscarth, Man., Maple Farm Equipment, Manitoba
- Emma Van Loon, Tiger Lily, Alta., Martin Deerline, Alberta
- Victoria Kyle, Drumbo, Ont., Premier Equipment Ltd. Ontario
