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Saskatchewan’s Minister of Trade and Export Development Warren Kaeding is doing a trade mission of his own in Vietnam and Singapore. This comes days after Provincial Agriculture Minister Daryl Harrison went on a trade mission to India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Premier Scott Moe traveled to Washington D.C. with other Premiers to […]

History was made when Laurel Feltin became Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM). Feltin is the first woman in SARM’s history to hold the role of Executive Director. Her first day was December 2, replacing Jay Meyer who stepped down. “I feel very proud,” she says, “it’s something I’ve looked forward […]

REGINA – The Government of Saskatchewan’s Crown oil and natural gas public offering, held on Feb. 4, raised $3,039,589 for the province, with the southeast area generating approximately 90 per cent of the revenue.  Twenty-nine parcels were put up for sale in this offering, and 25 received acceptable bids, covering an area of 2,753.836 hectares. […]

REGINA – The tariff threat, and market access to the USA were both hot topics for NDP leader Carla Beck at the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers’ Regina winter meeting. Beck was there to take the pulse, so to speak, of the pulse growers in attendance at Queensbury Convention Centre to gauge their thoughts and concerns on […]

REGINA – Business leaders, politicians and more have gathered in Regina for the Western Canadian Economic Forum (WCEF). One of those politicians was Premier Scott Moe, who talked during the event about the potential tariffs that would affect Sask. come Feb. 1. During a media scrum, Moe was asked if he was rushing to figure out […]

Federated Co-Operatives Limited (FCL) announced Friday afternoon it is pausing two major projects in Regina that are part of it’s “Integrated Agriculture Complex” – the renewable diesel facility and joint venture canola crush plant with AGT Foods. FCL cites “regulatory and political uncertainty, potential shifts in low-carbon public policy, and escalating costs” as reasons for […]

Cameco says mining operations in Kazakhstan have been suspended for the time being. In a news release from the company, Cameco said it was informed on December 31 by Joint Venture Inkai (JV Inkai), a company that Cameco owns a 40 per cent share of, that JV Inkai “had not received an extension of the […]

The Acting President of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) welcomed news of Canada Post workers set to return to work Tuesday after being on strike for about one month. Bill Huber says rural residents rely more on Canada Post compared to residents who live in large, urban centres where there are alternative courier […]

Humboldt – On Nov. 29, PrairiesCan’s announced an additional $500,000 to help develop and support the rapid growth in east central Saskatchewan from the BHP’s Jansen Potash mine expansion projects.  The Sylvite Four-six regional development partnership includes all communities within a 90-kilometre distance from the Jansen mine, plus the First Nations of George Gordon, Kawacatoose, Day […]

The weather in November was a tale of two different climates. While temperatures for most weather stations in the province were at or close to their monthly average, except for Key Lake and La Ronge where they were two degrees warmer than normal, they should be taken with a grain of salt, says Environment Canada […]