Murray Wood: Gas gains and gas pains
Governments are raking in higher resource revenues thanks to high oil prices. Murray Wood says if that's a justification...
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'Door is open:' Ottawa ready to help pork producers affected by Olymel shutdown
The federal government says the door is open to help producers affected by the closure of a central Alberta pork plant where an outbreak of COVID-19 has infected hundreds of workers and resulted in th...
Mar 02, 2021
'You look after things the way you want to look after them,' says veteran rancher on Ag Day
For Agriculture Day in Saskatchewan, an Arcola-area rancher is sharing a story about how far he'd go to get the job done. Chris Lees was in the middle of calving season when the polar vortex hit, brin...
Feb 23, 2021 (Chris Lees)
Canadian blueberries pose no peril to American producers, U.S. trade commission says
WASHINGTON - The panel that evaluates international trade disputes in the United States has squashed a complaint about Canadian blueberries. Recent spikes in blueberry imports from countries including...
Feb 11, 2021
Health Canada says it won't consider animal suffering in strychnine review
OTTAWA - Animal suffering won't be considered when a Health Canada agency next reviews licences for poisons used to kill predators, the department has ruled. In a decision released this week, Health C...
Feb 02, 2021
Canadian Sikhs worry for families in India as farm protests turn violent
For several days, Karan Singh has been frantically checking the latest news from India where his father and other farmers have been demanding the government repeal new agriculture laws that open more ...
Jan 29, 2021
$7.5 million from province, feds heading to Sask. livestock and forage research
The federal and provincial governments are giving a boost to livestock and forage research in Saskatchewan. According to a Wednesday media release from the province, $7.5 million will head to the Agri...
Jan 27, 2021
'World needs what Sask. has to offer': Ag powers exports during pandemic
Saskatchewan's agriculture industry has proven it can help prop up the province and keep it competitive, even in the middle of a pandemic. "In Canada, trade and exports to countries around the world i...
Jan 22, 2021 Todd Lewis in Gray, Saskatchewan on Aug. 13, 2020. (Libby Giesbrecht/980 CJME)
Canadian blueberries no threat to U.S. producers, embassy tells trade commission
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Canadian blueberry farmers and embassy officials pushed back Tuesday against claims that U.S. producers are being driven out of business by cheap imports from north of the border. A...
Jan 12, 2021
B.C. helps fund blueberry farmers against U.S. trade commission investigation
VICTORIA - British Columbia is making a financial contribution to help blueberry farmers fight a looming trade investigation in the United States over imported berries, including from Canada. U.S. Tra...
Dec 30, 2020
Month on, women hold the fort at India farmer protests
NEW DELHI - The men arrived first. And they arrived with a bang. Tens of thousands of them, marching like an army, driving trucks and trailers, prepared to choke key highways that feed into India's bu...
Dec 29, 2020
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Sarah Mills: Trump's Air Force One ruse leaves others vulnerable
It is right to protect the president from assassination threats, but Sarah Mills says leaving staff, journalists and oth...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, August 12
On Wednesday's show, Evan was joined by Ralph Goodale to talk U.S. tariffs. Also, possible changes to Saskatoon's smokin...