By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday July 8, 2020

Jul 8, 2020 | 1:39 PM

A state-of-the-art grain export facility has opened on the west coast.

G3 Terminal Vancouver can receive up to three 150-car trains on its loop track and the dock can accommodate vessels up to Capesize, which is the largest dry cargo ship.

Its three large ship loaders move grain on board at up to 6,500 tonnes per hour, setting a new industry standard.

The terminal has a storage capacity of 180,000 metric tonnes and receives and ships a variety of grains and oilseeds.

Construction on the facility began in March 2017 and has been taking prairie grain for the last several months.

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CN has announced it plans to invest approximately $105 million across Saskatchewan this year.

The maintenance program will include the replacement of more than 65 miles of rail, the installation of roughly 145,000 new railroad ties and 12 road crossing surfaces will be rebuilt.

There will be ongoing work on bridges, culverts, signal systems, and other track infrastructure.

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Two of three people charged following a protest at a southern Alberta turkey farm have received conditional discharges in court.

Maxwell Ming Mah of Edmonton and Claire Buchanan of Calgary were each facing one count of break and enter to commit mischief after the protest last September.

Court records show they were sentenced in Lethbridge provincial court on Friday.

A conditional discharge typically comes after a guilty plea or conviction at trial and requires a person to meet certain conditions, which are written as probation orders.

Mah and Buchanan must not have any contact with the turkey farm, not post anything publicly about the farm, not come within 50 metres of any location where animals are kept and must complete 50 hours of community service.

Kennadi Rae Herbert of Pincher Creek, Alta., is to be in Lethbridge provincial court this Friday for a plea.

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