Environment

Extremely high fuel and fertilizer prices headline challenges for farmers during stressful year

Harvest is getting close to being done across Saskatchewan putting an end to one of, if not the, most challenging year for farmers in the fields. The biggest issue during seeding and harvest has been ...

Oct 06, 2022

New dry milling plant celebrates grand opening

C-Merak officially celebrated the grand opening of its new dry milling plant, just a few kilometres west of the Town of Tisdale.Local and provincial representatives were present, as the company unveil...

Oct 05, 2022

Province once again testing hunted animals for chronic wasting disease

People hunting deer, moose, or elk this season are being encouraged to have their animals tested for chronic wasting disease (CWD).This disease affects the nervous system in these animals and can caus...

Oct 04, 2022

Vanity Cup stays in Saskatchewan but goes South

With a combined weight of 34.76 lbs of walleye caught over the weekend, Troy Robinson and Terry Nagel of Beuna Vista were the top catching fishermen of Saskatchewan's highest-paid walleye tournament.B...

Oct 03, 2022

Ribbon cutting ceremony held for new Tisdale off-leash dog park

The new off-leash dog park in Tisdale is now 100% complete.The town held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday to officially unveil the project.While the park has been open for a few months now, accor...

Sep 29, 2022

Vanity Cup returning for 29th year

For the 29th year in a row, a few hundred people will travel down to Nipawin to compete for hundreds of thousands of dollars.The annual Vanity Cup will take place this weekend, with the banquet return...

Sep 28, 2022

Forest nursery in northern Sask. celebrates 25 year anniversary and over 250 million seedlings grown

A nursery responsible for helping grow millions of trees is celebrating 25 years of operations in northern Saskatchewan.PRT Growing Services Ltd. took over the Prince Albert Forest Nursery in 1997 and...

Sep 23, 2022

Humboldt Urban Garden Sanctuary receives national award

The Canadian Nursery Landscape Association has awarded the Humboldt Urban Garden Sanctuary (HUGS) with the Green for Life Community award.Project designer Leslie Cornell received the nationally recogn...

Sep 22, 2022

Scott Woods back on the road and returning to Melfort

Scott Woods, a multi-talented entertainer and musician, is back on the road with his brand new show 'Old Fashioned Hoedown'.Known as 'The Fergus Fiddler' and even as 'The Flippin' Fiddler', Scott Wood...

Sep 09, 2022

Solitary sunflower delights drivers

If you've driven north across the Diefenbaker Bridge in Prince Albert, chances are you've seen it.A solitary sunflower growing in the middle of the road, standing defiantly, inches away from the non-s...

Aug 26, 2022