Tag Archives: Agriculture
Foreign workers crucial to bee farms
There were a lot of very happy beekeepers at the Saskatoon airport on Monday afternoon.The Canadian Honey Council chartered a plane from Nicaragua that held 48 temporary foreign workers destined for 1...
Apr 16, 2020 ID 75098279 © Tyler Lillico Dreamstime.com
Farm group calls on Ottawa to help save food sector
The federal government is being called upon to create an emergency fund, to help assist farmers and agriculture-related businesses survive the COVID-19 pandemic. Canadian Federation of Agriculture Pre...
Apr 16, 2020 (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Public urged to be aware of overhead lines
SaskPower wants people to remember to be aware of overhead power lines as we head into spring.SaskPower spokesperson Joel Cherry said they wanted to put out the message with spring seeding for farmers...
Apr 15, 2020 Saskpower says there has been an increase in the number of incidents involving people hitting power lines. (File Photo/paNOW Staff)
Farmers, food processors to get federal funds to help foreign workers isolate
OTTAWA - Canadian farmers and food processors will get $50 million in federal funding to ensure temporary foreign workers comply with mandatory COVID-19 quarantine. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude B...
Apr 13, 2020
Stolen semi-truck, loaded with canola, goes viral on social media
The President of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalites (SARM) says a story about a stolen semi-truck loaded with canola, speaks to the level of crime happening in rural Saskatchewan.Ray ...
Apr 08, 2020 A photo of this truck, stolen near Leask. (Facebook)
Friendship grows into a flour business
Erin Dancey and Sarah Stautman became friends through their shared love of agriculture, raising animals, growing food, and gardening.Their entrepreneurial spirit pushed them to start a business from t...
Apr 07, 2020 Sarah Strautman (left) and Erin Dancey are owners of Living Sky Farms. (Submitted photo/Erin Dancey)
Gardening serves a practical and therapeutic purpose in socially distanced world
The coming spring and the prospect of more time spent at home have many people thinking about their gardens. Local seed retailers contacted by paNOW reported higher volumes of sale compared to previou...
Apr 03, 2020 Flavourful tomatoes are a perennial favourite among home gardeners. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Much of the province expecting below normal runoff: WSA
After several years of above normal runoff potential in much of the province, this year's forecast is much different.Snowmelt runoff is already underway in much of southern and parts of central Saskat...
Apr 03, 2020 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
More details revealed in local R.M. theft case
Another court date has come and gone for a former Rural Municipality (R.M.) of Buckland Administrator, charged with theft over $5,000.Tara Kerber was not present for the brief hearing on Thursday, and...
Apr 03, 2020 (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Prince Albert MP joins colleagues in call for tax relief
Prince Albert's member of Parliament is joining his provincial colleagues in calling for the federal government to pause the carbon tax.Saskatchewan's 14 Conservative Party MPs sent a signed letter to...
Apr 02, 2020 Prince Albert MP Randy Hoback is calling for the federal government to suspend the carbon tax. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
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