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Varying conditions across province according to initial runoff report

Varying conditions across province according to initial runoff report

The Water Security Agency (WSA) has released the preliminary spring runoff outlook for 2021, showing most of southern Saskatchewan with below to well below normal snowmelt runoff potential and the northern areas looking at normal to above normal pote
Michigan approves permit for pipeline tunnel, still wants Enbridge Line 5 shut down

Michigan approves permit for pipeline tunnel, still wants Enbridge Line 5 shut down

In the wake of the cancellation of the Presidential Permit for the TC Energy Keystone XL pipeline project, all eyes have turned to Enbridge’s Line 5, which the Governor of Michigan has been moving to shut down.
New technology helps farmers monitor their mental health

New technology helps farmers monitor their mental health

Following a recent province-wide Innovation Challenge, Innovation Saskatchewan, in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, unveiled a new tool for agricultural producers to track their mental health.
Mapping tool tracks 'very aggressive' wild pigs

Mapping tool tracks 'very aggressive' wild pigs

Ray Beck has seen the damage wild pigs can do when left unchecked. Beck, a roughly 20-year rural municipality pest control veteran, says he’s seen wild boars ruin a nine-hole golf course “basically overnight” on a visit to Texas.
Program to encourage youth to consider agricultural careers

Program to encourage youth to consider agricultural careers

Protein Industries Canada announced an investment into a program that will introduce youth in Kindergarten through Grade 12 to the career opportunities available to them in the plant-protein, agrifood and digital agriculture sectors.
Three methane-reduction projects taking advantage of Sask. oil and gas incentives

Three methane-reduction projects taking advantage of Sask. oil and gas incentives

Methane, the key constituent of natural gas, is a potent greenhouse gas when emitted to the atmosphere unburned. In recent years there have been international, national and provincial efforts to reduce methane emissions. On Jan.
Premier Moe tears into Regina for policy which would restrict energy company advertising

Premier Moe tears into Regina for policy which would restrict energy company advertising

If you don’t like the money that comes from energy, try going without it. And by the way, you’re currently accepting a lot of it, which you might soon do without. That was the message Premier Scott Moe sent to the City of Regina on Jan.
Canada’s national horse brought back from edge of extinction

Canada’s national horse brought back from edge of extinction

Alongside Canada’s national flower, sport, symbol and bird, is a national animal that is often forgotten. Canada’s national horse, Le Cheval Canadien , is in danger of disappearing.
SIMSA to hold energy update March 24, with optimism for the oilpatch this summer

SIMSA to hold energy update March 24, with optimism for the oilpatch this summer

Like almost every other public event since COVID-19 hit in March, 2020, the Saskatchewan Industrial & Mining Suppliers Association Inc. (SIMSA) had to put off its regular October Oil & Gas Supply Chain Forum.
What Trump giveth, Biden may taketh away: Keystone XL may be killed, again

What Trump giveth, Biden may taketh away: Keystone XL may be killed, again

One of the first acts of Donald Trump as president of the United States was to invite TransCanada, now TC Energy, to resubmit its Keystone XL pipeline application, and to then approve it.