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Submitted Leon Kochian, Canada Excellence Research Chair at the University of Saskatchewan, has won the 2019 Arrell Global Food Innovation Award for “global excellence in food innovation.

Submitted Oct. 10, Ducks Unlimited Canada and the University of Saskatchewan announced a partnership to create the Ducks Unlimited Canada Endowed Chair in Wetland and Waterfowl Conservation — the first of its kind in Canada.

Submitted New research at the University of Saskatchewan shows how the world’s most widely used insecticides could be partly responsible for a dramatic decline in songbird populations.

NIPAWIN — Five out of six of the candidates running for the federal election to represent the riding of Prince Albert attended an event by the Nipawin and District Chamber of Commerce where they met local voters.

On Sept. 27, at the Viterra Elevator near North Battleford,the members of the Battlefords Wildlife Federation, students from local schools and Viterra employees released 43 pheasants into the wild.

Submitted by Saskatchewan Lotteries Thomas Staseson is Saskatchewan’s newest top-prize winner on The Big Spin.

Why has one lane at the north end of the northbound traffic bridge over the river at the Battlefords been closed for several weeks? Some say it’s to make everyone to slow down before they get to the construction area ahead, some say it’s just because

JANSEN — BHP is expecting its board of directors to make a final decision on its Jansen Potash project by February 2021. The date was announced in the company’s quarterly operational review released on Oct. 17.

EAST CENTRAL — Relatively warm and dry weather allowed for some producers to return to the field last week For the period between Oct.

Saskatoon Police are warning the public about unsolicited e-mails requesting financial or billing information. A recent variation of this scam involves SaskTel. See the accompanying image of the e-mail for reference.