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Canpotex Fully Committed Through the End of March 31, 2017
January 9, 2017 Potash demand in all export market regions continues to be strong into 2017, and Canpotex is already fully committed on planned shipment volumes through the end of March 31, 2017. Estimates of opening potash inventory levels in all major export market regions are lower than last year’s comparisons, providing a strong base […]
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Move to one health authority will impact Saskatchewan patients: unions – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jan 5, 2017 13:44 REGINA _ Unions representing health-care workers say there are concerns about how consolidating Saskatchewan’s 12 health regions into one provincial health authority will affect patients. Gordon Campbell, president of the CUPE Health Care Council, says one worry is that a central superboard will be less responsive and harder to navigate […]
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Canpotex Board Approves New Methodology for Determining Major Mine Expansion Productive Capacity Increases
The Canpotex Board of Directors has approved a new methodology for determining the amount of increased productive capacity resulting from such completed major mine expansions as its producers may independently decide to undertake. The aggregate productive capacities of Canpotex producers are used in determining their respective export sales entitlements through Canpotex. Until now, Canpotex producers […]
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November year in review – StarPhoenix
January 5, 2017 Amber alert ends in tragedy The father of a seven-year-old girl found dead in Choiceland, Sask. appears to have made several dark social media posts before he allegedly abducted her. Adam Jay Eastman, who went by his middle name Jay on what appears to be his Facebook page, posted a photo with […]
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Metis election postponed, general assembly called – StarPhoenix
January 4, 2017 The long-awaited February election of the Metis Nation-Saskatchewan (MNS) has been postponed and a general legislative assembly to set a new date has been called for Feb. 18 and 19 in Saskatoon. The Provincial Metis Council (PMC) voted Dec. 30 to delay the election after the Dec. 15 resignation of MNS Chief […]
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Loonie has greatest influence on 2017 agriculture outlook
Loonie has greatest influence on 2017 agriculture outlook Jan 04, 2017 Regina, Saskatchewan – Canadian agriculture benefited from a relatively low dollar throughout 2016 and this trend is expected to continue into 2017, according to J.P. Gervais, Farm Credit Canada’s chief agricultural economist. Gervais is forecasting the dollar will hover around the 75-cent mark and […]
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Unions say talk of wage rollbacks, layoffs unfair in Saskatchewan – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jan 3, 2017 By Jennifer Graham THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA _ Labour leaders in Saskatchewan say it’s unfair for public sector workers to pay for the province’s $1 billion deficit. Saskatchewan Federation of Labour president Larry Hubich said workers shouldn’t shoulder the burden of the government’s shortcoming and be penalized with wage rollbacks […]
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Nekaneet First Nation Shows It Takes A Community To Build Homes
(Nekaneet First Nation) It was a sunny warm spring day when Joanne Mosquito from Nekaneet First Nation lost her home to a fire, “we were just in the house and we stepped out to do some running around. Thankfully, no one was in the house when it burned down.” Joanne and her young family watched […]
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Regenerative Farming
By Blain Hjertaas Introduction Shaun Soonias Introduction: Since First Nations in Saskatchewan completed the Treaty Land Entitlement Framework Agreement in 1992, we have amassed over one million acres of land, most of which is best suited for agricultural purposes. While all of the land has been purchased on a willing buyer willing selling basis, often […]
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Not all bad news in the Battlefords – Battlefords News-Optimist
January 3, 2017 Conventional wisdom is that 2016 was a lousy year for the whole wide world. Terrorism, war, political upheavals and a multitude of celebrity deaths marked the year. By the same measure, the Battlefords saw the Husky oil spill into the North Saskatchewan River, as well as social turmoil in the surrounding area […]
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