Yorkton This Week

Crops are developing quickly but normally in much of the province, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report.

For farmers it was an opportunity to take an up close look at research plays part way through the 2017 crop growing season.

Two centuries before Confederation a pair of adventurous young men from France named Pierre Esprit Radisson, (born 1636) and his brother-in-law Médard Chouart des Groseilliers, (born 1618) came separately to New France.

I knew the moment I was flying over Saskatchewan. I’d been in the air for five hours. I’d left Halifax at four in the morning, and despite having been awake for seven hours, my clock told me it was now six a.m.

Recently, Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart joined Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay, and agriculture ministers from across the country to reach an agreement on the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP).

The fate of world bee populations continues to be a concern. It is with good reason that the concern exists since bees are the primary pollinators for most of the crops we rely on to feed the world.

William Marvin Anderson doesn’t think much when his truck rolls over. “It happens so fast...you don’t even know it’s going to happen,” he says. “You’re just racing and things happen.” Anderson has rolled over more than the average driver.

The Government of Saskatchewan is proud to announce that this year marks the 100th anniversary of the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure.

Police are looking into a car crash near Saltcoats that happened on July 16. Around 9:40 a.m. two vehicles collided on Highway 16, east of Saltcoats. Esterhazy and Yorkton Rural RCMP attended to the scene.

SaskPower invested $886 million in the province’s electricity system over the past year, as it continues to meet the challenge of sustaining an aging power grid while meeting growing demand and environmental commitments.