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More collaboration the main focus of new APAS President Bill Prybylski

More collaboration the main focus of new APAS President Bill Prybylski

Dec 5, 2024 | 6:40pm
Members of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) elected a new president during this week’s Annual General Meeting at the Conexus Arts Centre in Regina. Bill Prybylski, who farms west of Yorkton and was the Vice-President of APAS for six years, takes over from Ian Boxall, who decided not to seek another term. Joining […]
Latest Sask oil & gas Crown land sale brings in $11.39 million

Latest Sask oil & gas Crown land sale brings in $11.39 million

Dec 5, 2024 | 10:17am
REGINA – The Government of Saskatchewan’s Crown oil and natural gas public offering, held on Dec. 3, raised $11,392,502 for the province, with the southeast region generating most of the revenue. Of the 56 parcels in Saskatchewan posted for this offering, 51 received acceptable bids, covering a total of 13,561.384 hectares. The southeast brought in $8,088,540 for […]
Beck announces NDP shadow cabinet appointments

Beck announces NDP shadow cabinet appointments

Nov 13, 2024 | 3:11pm
REGINA – Opposition Leader Carla Beck has announced the NDP shadow cabinet and all their MLAs will have a critic role. The entire expanded caucus of 27 NDP MLAs will be in the shadow cabinet, facing the 16 Sask Party cabinet ministers. In addition to being the Opposition Leader, Beck will take on Agriculture and […]
SaskAgToday.com Roundtable Episode 54

SaskAgToday.com Roundtable Episode 54

Nov 1, 2024 | 4:16pm
On the SaskAgToday.com Roundtable with Chief Agricultural Editor Kevin Hursh, 620 CKRM AgriNews Director Ryan Young, and GX94 Agriculture Director Doug Falconer: -The Saskatchewan Party remains in power with a fifth consecutive majority government, albeit smaller compared to four years ago, while the NDP gained additional seats. The panel discusses who could potentially be the […]
Back to work for MLAs at the Saskatchewan Legislature

Back to work for MLAs at the Saskatchewan Legislature

Nov 1, 2024 | 3:17pm
REGINA – It is back to work for MLAs at the Saskatchewan Legislature this week following Monday’s provincial election. New and returning members were at the Legislature as they started their preparations for the fall session. On Thursday, the Saskatchewan Party held its first caucus meeting since the election. The meeting consisted of its reduced […]
Scott Moe and Sask Party retain majority

Scott Moe and Sask Party retain majority

Oct 29, 2024 | 1:28pm
SASKATCHEWAN – With more than half of Saskatchewan’s 61 ridings finished counting, Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party have retained their majority government after the 2024 provincial election vote. Polls closed at 8 p.m. with results starting to come in within an hour. SaskToday.ca called the election at 11:41 p.m. In his victory speech, Scott […]
Wetlands for Tomorrow wants water, wetland conservation to be an election issue

Wetlands for Tomorrow wants water, wetland conservation to be an election issue

Oct 25, 2024 | 6:19pm
A coalition called Wetlands for Tomorrow is advocating for a provincial wetland conservation policy and for all political parties in the province to make it an election issue this campaign. However, timing of the call though comes during the homestretch of the campaign with only a few days left until election day on Monday (28th). […]
Sask. MLAs have a keen eye on the Bunge-Viterra merger

Sask. MLAs have a keen eye on the Bunge-Viterra merger

May 5, 2024 | 11:33pm
As the proposed Bunge-Viterra merger makes it way through the regulatory approval process of the Competition Bureau, it was a featured topic of debate in the Saskatchewan Legislature Thursday. It surfaced in Question Period when NDP Ag Critic Trent Wotherspoon accused the SaskParty government of being silent over the file. Wotherspoon says he asked Agriculture […]
Rumors of FCC leaving Sask. surprises political leaders

Rumors of FCC leaving Sask. surprises political leaders

May 2, 2024 | 1:40pm
 The Legislature was in full reaction mode to speculation on Thursday that Farm Credit Canada might be about to move its head office out of Saskatchewan. The issue was raised in the Legislative Assembly by Sask United Leader Nadine Wilson, with her party putting out a statement that claimed that “multiple high-level sources have told Sask […]
SAWS deliver letters calling for a wetland conservation policy to the steps of Sask. Legislature

SAWS deliver letters calling for a wetland conservation policy to the steps of Sask. Legislature

Sep 26, 2023 | 4:18pm
A blue container with thousands of letters was delivered to the Saskatchewan Legislature Monday by the Saskatchewan Alliance for Water Sustainability (SAWS). The letters contained comments and concerns from a wide-range of people about the provincial government’s Agricultural Water Stewardship Policy, which is in development and in a consultation period until the end of this […]