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Conservation officers are looking for those responsible in a case of several game fish being left to waste on Montreal Lake. Christopher Lake conservation officers got a report on January 28 about 7 whole northern pike that had been left about 300 metres from the shore of the lake near Timber Bay, Saskatchewan. Officers believe […]

There are trending topics every day on social media, on Friday it was Subway and yellow mustard. A Friday morning post on X—formerly known as Twitter—by Canada’s Food Professor Dr. Sylvain Charlebois at Dalhousie University in Halifax started the ball rolling. He said Subway has told its Canadian franchisees that yellow mustard would no longer […]

Making the public aware of what invasive species are and the potential negative impacts it can have on the environment is what the Saskatchewan government is focusing on this week, as it declared Monday to Sunday Invasive Species Awareness Week. Invasive species are non-native plants, animals, insects, and diseases that can be spread unintentionally through […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 77% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 29, unchanged from the prior week.  While overall system performance was unchanged from the prior week, this reflects modest improvement for CN and no change for CPKC as compared to the prior week.  In supplying 70% of cars ordered by […]

Today in Churchill, Premier Wab Kinew and Dan Vandal, minister for PrairiesCan announced a joint investment of up to $60 million to the Arctic Gateway Group (AGG). This combined funding from the governments of Canada and Manitoba will finish work on the Hudson Bay Railway, start to redevelop the Port of Churchill, and further benefit […]

Today, the Water Security Agency (WSA) released the preliminary spring runoff report. Below average snow conditions, in combination with the generally dry fall conditions, is resulting in below normal to well below normal runoff across the province.  Despite dry conditions heading into freeze up in Fall 2023, major water supply reservoirs in southern Saskatchewan are […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 77% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 28, an improvement from the 68% order fulfillment performance seen in week 27.  The improvement in system performance reflects improved performance for each of CN and CPKC.  In supplying 68% of cars ordered by shippers in week 28 CN saw […]