Yorkton This Week

“Eastbound and down, loaded up and truckin’.” If you find yourself following the lyrics from the theme song for Smokey and the Bandit and heading eastward, expect to stop at a highway checkpoint established at the Saskatchewan/Manitoba border.

As spring approaches it is a good time for livestock producers to investigate the benefits that might come with a new fence.

Project adopted through compromise proposal at 'Special Meeting of Council'

During Premier Scott Moe and chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab’s daily COVID-19 update, it was announced an assisted living worker in Regina tested positive for COVID-19.

As of April 3, 2020, Saskatchewan has 14 new, confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the provincial total to 220. Currently, there are three people in hospital in the province.

This past weekend should have been one of the best of the sports year as the Toronto Blue Jays were to start the regular major league baseball season.

Seed breeders, seed companies, and members of the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance (CHTA) are invited to nominate industrial hemp cultivars for inclusion in CHTA's 2020 National Variety Field Trials program.

This might be a little off topic in terms of pure agriculture, but I found an online article about clover being a great alternative to lawn grass too fascinating not to write about.

Drivers in the photo are Albert Nodge, Jack Allen, Leslie Nagy, Ray McCann, George Drasky, John Stalar, and John Moore. By 1954, the firm had 12 trucks to cover hauling around the city and countryside.

Premier Scott Moe and chief medical health office Dr. Saqib Shahab announced during their daily COVID-19 briefing the province has passed 200 cases. As of Thursday, Saskatchewan now has 206 cases, up 13 since Wednesday.