Category Archives: Saskatchewan
Ag. Minister sweetens the pot for Sask. beekeepers
Saskatchewan’s honey industry is buzzing over changes made to the province’s crop insurance program. Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart announced the new coverage for beekeepers yesterday. ...
Feb 28, 2018
Saskatoon baby killer gets adult life sentence
Content Warning: descriptions of violence involving children and animals. The teen who beat infant baby Nikosis Jace Cantre to death in July 2016 will serve an adult life sentence. Judge Sanjeev ...
Feb 27, 2018
Ag. Minister announces 2018 crop insurance program
Average crop insurance coverage is decreasing slightly in 2018, but there are significant enhancements coming to help protect Saskatchewan producers. Crop insurance levels in 2018 will average $216/ac...
Feb 27, 2018
Sask. greenhouse owners ponder pot sales
The federal government’s plans to legalize recreational marijuana has raised some questions and some possibilities for Saskatchewan greenhouse operators. Chris Buhler, who operates Floating Gard...
Feb 27, 2018
La Loche survivor upset over media lockout at sentencing
A survivor of the 2016 La Loche school shooting is voicing frustration over media being locked out of a courthouse in the community for the sentencing of her attacker. Substitute teacher Charlene...
Feb 26, 2018
PST exemption announced for Sask. producers
Today, Premier Scott Moe told Saskatchewan families his government will reinstate the Provincial Sales Tax (PST) exemption for agriculture, life and health insurance premiums. "Our government will hel...
Feb 26, 2018
‘A youth sentence would not be just’: Why the La Loche shooter will receive an adult sentence
"The crimes were not an impulsive act done by an immature person, and the nature and manner of his murders were unnecessarily violent." Those were the words Judge Janet McIvor used as she announced th...
Feb 26, 2018
Judge 'dismayed' after learning of media lockout at La Loche shooter appearance
A lot of questions arose after the media were locked out of the courthouse for the La Loche school shooter's sentencing hearing, but the judge presiding said she had no idea they weren't being allowed...
Feb 25, 2018
Reactions mixed as La Loche shooter sentenced as adult
A jam-packed courtroom in La Loche heard Judge McIvor's decision today: The now 20-year-old shooter who killed four people and injured seven others in La Loche in January 2016 will be sentenced as an ...
Feb 23, 2018
Teen to be sentenced as an adult for La Loche shootings
Two years, a month and a day after a 17-year-old killed four people and injured seven others in La Loche, Judge Janet McIvor has ruled he will be sentenced as an adult and will receive life in prison....
Feb 23, 2018