Provincial News

YORKTON – United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) has provided a welcome boost to BGC Yorkton.  The UFA announced Oct. 30, a $500 donation to the non-profit organization, which was chosen by the UFA delegate body.  “We donated $500 to BGC Yorkton on behalf of UFA. The delegate body gets to donate $500 to the non-profit […]

Prices for most feeder steers and feeder heifers in Saskatchewan continued to go up. In the Cattle Market Update for the week ending October 25th, prices for feeder steers ranged from the low end of $309.33 per hundred weight in the 900-plus category, to the high end of $551.13 in the 300-400 pound category. Only […]

REGINA – The Government of Saskatchewan’s Crown latest oil and natural gas public offering, held on Oct. 29, raised $7,304,936 for the province, with the southeast region generating the majority of the revenue. Of the 112 parcels posted for this offering, 93 received acceptable bids, covering a total of 15,347.639 hectares. The southeast brought in […]

Residential school survivors are calling on Canada to criminalize residential school denialism, echoing one of the findings in a report about unmarked graves and burial sites associated with the institutions. Doug George, a survivor of the Mohawk Institute, said Canadians need to acknowledge the schools’ place in history and to ensure the children who died […]

The City of Toronto is set to provide an update today on service and traffic measures to ready the city for Taylor Swift’s arrival, with huge crowds expected to flock to the downtown core during her six scheduled shows next month. Swift will perform at Rogers Centre for her sold-out Eras Tour from Nov. 14 […]

REGINA – The Government of Saskatchewan’s Crown latest oil and natural gas public offering, held on Oct. 29, raised $7,304,936 for the province, with the southeast region generating the majority of the revenue. Of the 112 parcels posted for this offering, 93 received acceptable bids, covering a total of 15,347.639 hectares. The southeast brought in […]

The agriculture community wasn’t surprised by the outcome of Monday night’s provincial election but noticed a clear rural-urban divide among the constituencies claimed by the Saskatchewan Party and the NDP. As of Tuesday afternoon, the Saskatchewan Party has 35 out of a possible 61 seats with the majority in rural constituencies and the rest from […]

Dozens of Gordon Lightfoot’s personal belongings — including guitars, artwork, even his highest awards — are up for grabs in an auction that has some fans questioning why the items weren’t rescued by a museum. Texas-based Heritage Auctions is leading the sale of the artifacts in co-operation with Lightfoot’s estate.The auction is currently being held […]

The NDP appears to have won enough seats to form government in British Columbia, however it is unclear whether it will be a majority or minority. The Canadian Press is projecting that Premier David Eby’s New Democrats have won at least 46 seats, while holding a razor-thin lead in the undecided riding of Surrey-Guildford amid […]

The Leaders’ Debate Commission announced two seasoned broadcast journalists to moderate the French and English leaders’ debates in the next federal election. TVO host Steve Paikin will moderate the English debate, while Patrice Roy, a host at Radio-Canada will handle proceedings for the French debate. Between the two of them, they have moderated a combined […]