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Premier Moe hopes India trip with Carney will 'reinvigorate' trade relationship
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is tempering expectations ahead of his trip to India with Prime Minister Mark Carney. Moe says he's not anticipating a trade deal, but hopes meetings this week ...
Feb 25, 2026
Food expert Sylvain Charlebois calls Ottawa's agriculture research cuts a 'bad decision'
An expert on food distribution and policy says Ottawa made a mistake by cutting funding to agricultural research. Regina is hosting the third annual Convergence Conference, an event featuring discussi...
Feb 05, 2026 Dr. Sylvain Charlebois speaking at the 2026 Convergence Conference in Regina on Feb. 4, 2026. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
Recent federal agriculture research cuts 'unfortunate,' Scott Moe says
Premier Scott Moe has added his voice to those in Saskatchewan and across Canada upset about cuts to agricultural research. More than a week ago, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announced it would be...
Feb 02, 2026 Premier Scott Moe told reporters on Friday that agricultural research isn’t a good place for the federal government to make its budget cuts. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Months after B.C. ostrich cull, why does protest movement persist?
Melody Leinweber's latest tattoo is a stylized portrait of an ostrich with a colourful beak, pink and turquoise stars around its head and a twinkle in its eyes. The mother of four from West Kelowna, B...
Jan 29, 2026
Food inspection agency to cut more than 1,300 jobs, says union
OTTAWA - The union representing employees at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said staff have been told 1,371 agency jobs will be cut as part of the government's cost-cutting exercise. The Agricult...
Jan 28, 2026
'Incredibly short-sighted': Sask. farmer slams federal cuts to agriculture research
A Saskatchewan farmer says the Government of Canada is making a big mistake by cutting funding to agricultural research centres across the country. In its 2025 budget, which was unveiled in November, ...
Jan 28, 2026 Will Robbins has a farm near Laura, a hamlet west of Saskatoon. He called the cuts to research facilities "t's incredibly short-sighted and counterproductive." (Will Robbins/Submitted)
Polytechnique Montréal removes beef from cafeteria menus to cut emissions
A Montreal engineering school says it has removed beef from its cafeterias to reduce its carbon footprint. Polytechnique Montral started removing beef options in September from its six food stalls tha...
Jan 27, 2026 Diouma Barro serves a lunch plate to student Imane Chafi in the cafeteria at Polytechnique Montreal on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. The university removed beef from their menu in September of 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
End of canola tariffs cause for optimism, says farm retailer
The last year has been marked with a high degree of uncertainty for Young's Equipment. Like many businesses, the Saskatchewan-based farming tool retailer has had to tangle with an unpredictable enviro...
Jan 25, 2026 Young’s Equipment sells farm tools and has had to navigate an uncertain business environment over the past year amid wildly fluctuating trade wars and tariffs between Canada, the U.S., China and India. (josefpittner / Depositphotos.com)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announces closure of research operations, job cuts
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says it is closing seven of its research operations as part of the federal government's efforts to cut the size of the public service. The federal department said rese...
Jan 24, 2026
Agriculture minister says first exports of canola seed and beef soon going to China
China is moving quickly to import Canadian canola and beef after Ottawa struck a deal with Beijing to reduce tariffs, Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald said Tuesday. MacDonald told reporter...
Jan 20, 2026
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