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Opposition parties attacked Prime Minister Mark Carney Wednesday for being vague about his plans after his government said it would not table a federal budget before the House of Commons rises for the summer.

Following the first Liberal cabinet meeting after the swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said instead of a spring budget, the government will put forward an economic statement in the fall.

Even with winter long gone, driver are still getting their winter tires taken off for all season or all weather tires through out may.

Tire shops have been booked up through out April and May says owner of Fountain Tire in Moose Jaw, John Laterveer.

"We still about two weeks for appointments booked ahead. I think it will will continue for the month of May. The thing with summer tires though, there's not an urgency to get them on like winter tires," stated Laterveer.

For cow-calf operations, a major driver of profitability is reproductive efficiency, or the number of calves weaned per cow exposed. There are a lot of factors influencing this outcome, from breeding time through weaning. However, some considerations can be looked at well before the breeding season begins.

After calving, cows will have about 30 to 100 days to recover, resume cycling and be re-bred to calve around the same time the following year. This period through calving and early lactation is when a cow’s requirements for energy and protein are the highest.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is releasing an update with April stats on federally reportable diseases.

As of April 30th, there have been 17 cases of avian influenza, with three in British Columbia, one in Alberta, three in Saskatchewan, and two in Manitoba.

The Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, the Honourable Bernadette McIntyre, and her husband, Mr. Rich McIntyre had a private audience with King Charles today at Buckingham Palace.

Their Honours presented the King with lentil and chickpea snacks from the Three Farmers company of Saskatoon. Saskatchewan is a major producer of pulse crops.

A jar of Savoury Dill Pickle Mustard from Gravelbourg Mustard. The province is the world’s largest exporter of mustard seed.

Alberta's Agriculture Financial Services Corporation put together the first crop report of the season. 

Manglai a product coordinator with AFSC, says provincially there's now 23 per cent of the 2025 crop is now in the ground, thawhich t's well ahead of the 5-year average of 12 per cent, and the 10-year average of 14 per cent.

"Regionally - the South leads with 50 per cent of all crops seeded, followed by the Central Region at 22 per cent, the Peace Region at 10 per cent, the North West at 8 per cent, and the North East at 6 per cent."

The Saskatchewan Health Authority making the public aware of possible measles exposure risks in Saskatoon, Swift Current, Outlook, Assiniboia, Gravelbourg and Ponteix.

If you have been to any of the locations listed below during the specific times, you are asked to monitor for measles symptoms for up to 21 days after exposure:

Saskatoon

Production is expected to recover by 70 million tonnes due to favourable conditions, while demand will rise by 45 million tonnes

SASKATOON — The global grain outlook for 2025-26 is incredibly balanced, says an analyst.

The International Grains Council (IGC) is forecasting 2.373 billion tonnes of production and an identical 2.373 billion tonnes of demand.

“We’re looking at quite a finely balanced fundamental picture for grains,” Helen Plant, senior analyst for the United Kingdom’s Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, said in a recent webinar.

The Prairie South School Division’s board of education has approved starting the process to sell Empire and Westmount schools, pending approval from the Ministry of Education. 

In order to list the schools for sale, the division must first receive permission from the ministry. Prairie South sent a request letter to the ministry on April 7 and is currently awaiting a response. 

Prairie South superintendent of business and chief financial officer Ron Purdy said the division is also seeking approval to use a real estate agent for the sale. 

Moose Jaw city council approved its 2025 tax policy Monday night, including mill rate factors that aim to keep property tax revenue neutral. However, council spent considerable time debating how fairly those mill rate factors would be distributed among property classes and how to fund potential losses from commercial and industrial property tax appeals.