Sarah Mills: We must remember them
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Exhibitors excited as Western Canadian Crop Production Show begins
The Western Canadian Crop Production Show will welcome thousands to Saskatoon's Prairieland Park over the next three days. Leigh Ann Hurlburt, the park's agriculture manager, said it will be a very bu...
Jan 14, 2025 The Western Canadian Crop Production Show opened Tuesday at Saskatoon's Prairieland Park. (Alex Brown/650 CKOM)
Western Canadian Crop Production Show opens Tuesday in Saskatoon
The Western Canadian Crop Production Show is set to get underway in Saskatoon on Tuesday. The show, which runs until Thursday at Prairieland Park, will give farmers and industry workers the opportunit...
Jan 13, 2025 This year's show is expected to play host to as many as 20,000 visitors. (650 CKOM file photo)
2024 a year of challenges and triumphs for Saskatchewan farmers
Farmers are looking back at 2024 in Saskatchewan as a year that had both challenges and triumphs. When it comes to the weather that agriculture producers experienced, Shaun Haney, the founder and CEO ...
Jan 4, 2025
Sask. Appeal Court upholds thumbs-up emoji verdict in grain contract dispute
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. - Saskatchewan's highest court has given a thumbs-down to an appeal in a legal case involving the use of an emoji. The Court of Appeal of Saskatchewan has upheld a verdict that fo...
Dec 20, 2024 In March 2021, the grain buyer with South West Terminal sent a text of the contract to the farmer for a delivery of flax, and the farmer responded with a thumbs-up emoji but no accompanying text. (The Canadian Press)
How U.S. tariffs could affect Canada's agriculture industry, consumer prices
As Donald Trump's inauguration looms, Canada's agriculture industry is waiting with bated breath to see whether the sweeping tariffs he's threatened will come to pass. If they do, producers would have...
Dec 10, 2024
Alberta releases new rules and no-go zones on wind and solar projects
EDMONTON - The Alberta government has confirmed new rules for wind and solar energy projects it says are needed to protect the environment, food security and the province's scenery. The new regulation...
Dec 6, 2024
Saskatchewan mid-year financial update projects $743M deficit, more than twice budget
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Party government is projecting a deficit that's more than double what it predicted in its budget, largely due to higher crop insurance payouts following a difficult farming s...
Nov 28, 2024
Eliminating B.C.'s open-net fish farms would cost billions, report says
Opposing sides in British Columbia's fractious battle over coastal open net-pen salmon farming are in Ottawa casting for support to either phase out the industry or throw it a life line. Representativ...
Nov 28, 2024
Sask. cowboy makes Agribition debut in bullfighting, ranch rodeo
A 21-year-old Saskatchewan rodeo cowboy is making his debut at the Western Canadian Agribition in Regina. Cassidy Cairns was born and raised on a small ranch near Maryfield and now lives in Oxbow. He ...
Nov 27, 2024
Canadian Western Agribition kicks off in Regina
The Canadian Western Agribition gets underway in Regina this morning. The farming exhibiton takes place at the Viterra International Trade Centre, which will be welcoming thousands of guests from acro...
Nov 25, 2024
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WITH GUEST HOST BRENT LOUCKS 8:30 - From D-Day to modern-day missions, Canadian and British forces have a long history o...
