Yorkton This Week

Bumblebees in mass decline

SASKATOON – A newly launched research support and consulting hub at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) offers a unique menu of research services within Canada, including gathering data on public opinion and human behaviour. On Sept.

Seeds are democratic. For now. Last month, the Canadian Seed Growers Association, which represents 3,500 Canadian seed growers, voted against a proposed merger with four other seed industry organizations.

Yorkton will be going to the polls on Nov. 9 to vote for a new mayor and the next council. But for people who have never run before, what does that mean? People considering a mayoral or council run had the chance to find out on the evening of Sept.

There are 19 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on September 18, bringing the total to 1,776 reported cases. The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (12), Central West (3) and Regina (4) zones.

Last year, Tim Hortons® restaurant owners and guests across the country raised a record $9.8 million to support local charities through their annual Smile Cookie campaign.

Starting today, the Health Canada COVID Alert app is available to Saskatchewan residents. Once downloaded to your smart phone, subscribers may participate in digital COVID-19 exposure alerts.

All canola should be conditioned immediately after combining to cool it down, even out the temperature throughout the bin and remove any moisture released through natural seed respiration that occurs in the first hours to weeks after harvest.

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It is sometimes strange how one thing leads to another when you write a regular column on a rather specific topic like agriculture, which I have been doing for more than three decades now.