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Manitoba's latest potato report shows planting in the province is now estimated to be 95 per cent complete. 

Planting has been going very smoothly, with most farms now finished.

Potato and Horticulture Crops Pathologist Vikram Bisht says with planting nearly over, it's now time to take care of cull piles in and around fields and farmyards, as cull piles can be a source of disease inoculum and may harbour Colorado potato beetles and aphids.

Scott Jespersen has been named the acting chair for Alberta Grains. 

Chair Tara Sawyer is taking a leave of absence effective immediately following her appointment by Premier Danielle Smith as the United Conservative Party (UCP) candidate for the Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills by-election. 

Sawyer, a wheat and barley farmer from Acme, Alberta, was elected as Alberta Grains’ inaugural chair in 2023 after the amalgamation of the Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions.

The training agreement will establish an environment, social and governance program that will be offered to students in Uzbekistan.

Countries across the globe are seeking out Canadian post-secondary institutions for partnerships focused on learning and exchanging knowledge.

Olds College in Olds, Alta., is one of the latest, signing an international training agreement with Uzbekistan April 29 following a memorandum of understanding signed last November.

Drake Meats has announced a significant expansion with the construction of a new federally inspected plant in Saskatoon. This marks the first major expansion for the company, which has been operating out of its original plant in Drake, Saskatchewan.

They only had one day off after knocking the Maple Leafs out of the playoffs but that didn't seem to bother the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers last night. Five different players found the net as the Panthers outscored Carolina 5-2 in game one of the NHL's Eastern Conference Final.

At 6p.m., it's game one of the Western Conference Final with Edmonton visiting the Stars in Dallas.

Team Canada handed Sweden their first lost at the World Men's Hockey Championship - 5-3 the final score. Our boys will play Denmark in the quarter-finals tomorrow.

City administration has been directed to create a resident-first and client service strategy and report the results back to council, following a recent city council meeting. 

The following motion was put forward by Coun. Patrick Boyle: 

That administration be directed to create a resident-first and client service strategy that outlines, but is not limited to, the following: 

Moose Javian author Lindsey Stephenson set up a booth at the International Early Learning Conference to sell her book, My Mama is a Superhero!, and said attending, listening to the speakers, and networking made the conference a “transformative experience.” 

“I’m Lindsey Stephenson — a proud Moose Jaw mom, wife, and author — passionate about sharing our family’s story to celebrate resilience, inclusion, and the power of perspective,” Stephenson said.  

The province’s Official Opposition Saskatchewan NDP were in Moose Jaw yesterday to strongly condemn the Unified Grassroots plan for town halls across the province advocating separation from Canada. 

Sally Housser is the Sask NDP Shadow Minister for Energy and Resources and spoke in Moose Jaw outside Sask Party Wakamow MLA Megan Patterson’s constituency office to warn that entertaining ideas of separatism will cause economic harms. 

The second phase of the City of Moose Jaw's Safe Routes project is set to get underway this week, and residents will soon be seeing posted speed limits in playgrounds across the city be reduced to 30km/h.

The new speed limits will come into effect once signage has been changed, and like school zone speed limits—reduced to 30km/h in Phase 1 in 2024—the limits will be active year-round from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week.

The head of one of Canada's largest federal unions says the federal government needs to focus on repairing the relationship between public servants and management.

Nathan Prier, president of the Canadian Association of Professional Employees, said this is a "delicate moment" and that new Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali has his work cut out for him.

Prier said the Trudeau government made several questionable decisions that eroded trust among workers. They included a messy return-to-office rollout that was conducted without consulting employees, he said.