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Alberta Sugar Beet Growers and Rogers Sugar have reached a new 5-year agreement.

The new supply agreement was announced in a press release on Friday.

Roger's Taber location is the only sugar beet processing facility in Canada. Established almost 75 years ago, the Taber facility is supported by approximately 200 Southern Alberta farm families, which supply the refinery with sugar beets. 

According to the ASBG website, those farms harvest about 900,000 tonnes of sugar beets annually, which are turned into 125,000 tonnes of sugar or nearly 2 million cups!

With the seeding season underway and many farmers hurrying to get their product in the ground, farm safety should be top of mind to avoid any accidents. That's the message of the Saskatchewan Safety Council, which is looking to keep farmers and the general population educated on some of the best practices.

Chief Executive Officer Ryan Jacobson talks about what steps farms have taken in the past to up their safety.

Swift Current Municipal RCMP are requesting the public's assistance to locate an individual who is currently wanted on warrants for several charges. 

Sheldon Bernard Onland is believed to be in Swift Current and is described as 6'2", around 170 pounds, with blond or brown hair. 

The 36-year-old is wanted on three charges;

Sexual interference, 
Failure to comply with a release order, and 
Failure to attend court.

As Saskatchewan heads into another severe weather season, officials are urging residents to take practical steps to prepare for storms, tornadoes, and extreme conditions as part of Emergency Preparedness Week, running May 4 to 10, 2025.

This year’s theme, “Be prepared. Know your risks,” emphasizes understanding local weather hazards and having emergency plans and kits ready—particularly as unseasonably warm temperatures are already setting the stage for early storm activity.

Lack of progress means time is growing short to get a successfull crop into the ground in Southern Alberta.

Contract negotiations are dragging on for Alberta sugar beet producers.

It’s already early May, and Alberta Sugar Beet Growers and Rogers Sugar, the sole sugar-beet processing plant left in Canada, still haven’t hammered out a deal.

Jennifer Crowson, executive director with the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers, cautioned the Western Producer in an email that she was limited in what she can share, other than that they are still in active negotiations.

One person was taken to hospital following a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Caribou Street East and Highway 1 East on Friday morning.

The Moose Jaw Police Service responded to the collision at around 6:15 a.m. The driver of one of the vehicles was taken to hospital with injuries described as serious but not life-threatening.

Damage from the collision is estimated at about $70,000.

Police are continuing to investigate, and more details will be released as they become available.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to unveil his new cabinet at Rideau Hall on Tuesday — and it's expected to be a slimmed-down front bench meant to signal a more businesses-minded approach to government.

Rideau Hall confirmed the timing of the swearing-in ceremony on Friday.

Marci Surkes of the government relations firm Compass Rose Group said Carney will seek to draw a sharp contrast between his government and that of former prime minister Justin Trudeau, and about one-third of the new cabinet could be new faces.

Residents are advised of additional measles exposures in Regina and Lumsden due to confirmed measles cases.

Those who have visited these businesses are asked to monitor for measles symptoms for up to 21 days after exposure.

The following locations have had confirmed measles cases:

Regina

A new Holy Father of the Roman Catholic Church has been appointed in Rome and has taken the name of Leo XIV. We spoke with Donald Bolen, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina, to get his reaction. 

The new pope is Robert Francis Prevost an American from Chicago who spent many years as a bishop in Peru, where he also holds citizenship.  

Spring seeding in Saskatchewan is making considerable progress so far, 18 per cent of the 2025 crop is in the ground, well ahead of the five-year average of 10 per cent typically seen at this point in the season. 

This is despite numerous rainstorms across the province last month, producers were able to make rapid progress over the last couple of weeks.