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‘The scale is so much bigger:’ Finnish couple visit Agribition
Agribition brings people in the agriculture industry together, even from across the world. Jaana Auer and her husband Tuomo came to the Queen City all the way from Finland. "We are with a group of Fin...
Nov 24, 2017 Tuomo(left) and Janna Auer traveled from Finland to see Agribition on Nov. 24, 2017. (Jessika Guse/980 CJME)
Agribition: How to be an Auctioneer
Nothing shouts Agribition like the best of the best effortlessly reciting numbers quickly to sell Simmental cattle. Canada's biggest livestock show 'wrangled up' the top auctioneers Monday night with ...
Nov 21, 2017 Indian Head's Ken McDonald, 64, is one of the three competitors who face off at Agribition's Winners Circle Auctioneer Competition on Nov. 20, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
47th Agribition opens at new International Trade Centre
Cows and crowds are once again taking over Evraz Place as Canada's largest livestock show gets underway. The Canadian Western Agribition kicked off Monday for the 47th year. Work to get the show setup...
Nov 20, 2017 Traditional burning of the brand kicks off 47th Canadian Western Agribition at the International Trade Centre Nov. 20, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Fund collects hay, money for ranchers affected by wildfire
The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) continues to raise funds and collect a wide variety of items to help farmers affected by recent wildfires in the province's southwest. A wildfire near...
Oct 30, 2017 Wildfire still smouldering near the Village of Empress Oct. 18, 2017. (Jenny Hagan/Twitter)
Relief fund aims to help ranchers impacted by wildfires
The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) has launched a Wildfire Relief Fund to help farmers and ranchers affected by devastating wildfires this fall. The most recent fires near Burstall, Lea...
Oct 26, 2017 Aerial view of a farmyard north of the Village of Empress damaged in the wildfire Oct. 18 2017. (Jenny Hagan/Twitter)
Fires may have devastating impact on beef producers
The impact of two wildfires that burned across southwestern Saskatchewan this week could end up hitting the province's beef industry hard according to the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA)...
Oct 20, 2017 Cattle killed in wildfires that swept across southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan Oct.
18, 2017. (Submitted via Facebook)
131 km/h wind gusts leave trail of damage in Moose Jaw
The wind was so strong Tuesday in Moose Jaw, meteorologists called it the windiest city on Earth. Wednesday saw repairs underway after hurricane-strength gusts reaching 131 kilometres per hour hit the...
Oct 18, 2017 Kelly and Shelley Anaka's farmyard, a mile north of Moose Jaw, had large steel grain bins lifted up and moved by the windstorm on Oct 17, 2017. (Jessika Guse/980 CJME)
Liberals trimming small-business tax rate to stanch political bleeding
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government says it will lower the small business tax rate to 10 per cent in January and to nine per cent in 2019, the start of a week-long effort to stanch the bleeding fr...
Oct 16, 2017
Nipawin farmer describes talk with federal finance minister
It's not every day a Saskatchewan farmer gets a call directly from the federal finance minister in response to a tweet, but that's what happened to Terry Youzwa this week. Youzwa, who farms outside Ni...
Sep 21, 2017 Terry Youzwa's view from his tractor during harvest from a tweet he sent directed at the prime minister and finance minister about tax changes. (Terry Youzwa/Twitter)
Director James Cameron opens pea processing plant in Sask.
It's a Titanic investment for Saskatchewan agriculture. Oscar-winning film director James Cameron and wife Suzy were in Vanscoy Monday to announce the formation of Verdient Foods Inc. Verdient's new p...
Sep 18, 2017 Film director James Cameron and wife Suzy Amis Cameron at the launch of Verdient Foods Inc. in Vanscoy on Sept. 18, 2017. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
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Sarah Mills: When a DIY project tests your patience
Sarah Mills says couples may have good intentions when starting a home reno project, but time, kids and life get in the ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, August 11
On Tuesday's show, Evan talked about public art in Saskatoon, finds out about a Canadian helping rebuild Ukraine, the lo...