Monday evening at around 6:50 p.m., RCMP responded to a report of a man pointing a firearm on Dufferin Street in The Pas. The suspect had approached a vehicle in a business parking lot, aimed a handgun at the driver, and stole a shotgun before fleeing on foot. An off-duty RCMP officer later spotted the […]

The harvest of spring and winter wheat around the world is either progressing or almost done with conditions and yields being mixed. The spring wheat harvest in Saskatchewan is at 28 per cent complete with an average yield of 45 bushels an acre, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. Alberta’s wheat crop is 36 per […]

Harvest continues in winter cereals, spring cereals, and peas. Yield reports range from 40-110 bu/acre for fall rye and winter wheat, 25-90 bu/acre in spring wheat, 80-180 bu/acre in oat, and 90-115 bu/acre in barley. Canola harvest has started in all regions with Central regions at 45% complete. Pea yields range from 30-65 bu/acre. Corn […]

CANOLA NOV  569.30  down 0.70CANOLA JAN  582.50  down 0.70MINNEAPOLIS WHEAT DEC  6.16 1/2  up 6 1/2KANSAS CITY WHEAT DEC  5.88 1/4  up 4 1/4CHICAGO WHEAT DEC  5.79 1/4  up 5CORN DEC  4.04 3/4  up 1/2                    SOYBEANS NOV  10.00 1/2  up 3 1/4OATS DEC  3.68  up 1/2LIVE CATTLE […]

Ah, the joys of modern technology. You know the drill: you try to log into a vital work program, and suddenly you’re locked in a pitched battle against your own computer. Your password that worked flawlessly yesterday? Useless today. So, I sit there, staring at my screen, the stupid blinking cursor taunting me. Fine, I […]

SaskEnergy has announced a 50-million-dollar investment into a system expansion project, aimed at meeting the growing energy needs of eastern Saskatchewan. Work has begun on the Regina East Expansion Project, to increase natural gas capacity in the Yorkton and Regina areas, for residential, commercial and industrial growth. The project which is expected to be completed […]

QUILL LAKES / HUDSON BAY / SWAN RIVERBROADVIEW / MOOSOMIN / INDIAN HEADYORKTON / MELVILLE / ROBLIN / RUSSELL REGIONS  THIS AFTERNOON… PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30% CHANCE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS & THUNDERSTORMS… WIND E/SE 15-30 WITH GUSTS TO 50…  HIGH 22 TONIGHT… CLOUDY WITH A 40% CHANCE OF SPOTTY SHOWERS… WIND E/SE 25-45 WITH GUSTS TO 60… LOW […]

A Manitoba man arrested on the Ebb & Flow First Nation on a number of outstanding warrants, has appeared in court again. On March 28, Ste. Rose RCMP spotted a 31-year-old Portage la Prairie man on the reserve, but when they attempted a traffic stop, the suspect wouldn’t pull over. The vehicle was found a […]

New court dates have been set for three people, arrested in connection with three armed robberies in Dauphin. 30-year-old Desmond Parenteau of Duck Bay, was set over to September 23, Lorenzo Ducharme of Duck Bay, was moved to September 24, and 24-year-old Mallory Catcheway of Brandon, had her matters adjourned to October 7. In the […]

Another court appearance has been made by a man, arrested in connection with a fatal single vehicle rollover near Duck Bay. Mounties says the tragedy occurred in April of 2023, when a truck travelling northbound on Highway 272, left the road, collided with a row of trees, and rolled. A five-year-old boy, who was not […]