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A group of accomplished writers from across Canada is gathered at St. Peter’s Abbey for a special collaborative writing experience to help refine works in progress or spark the flame of new collections. The Sage Hill Writing Spring Colloquium is led by renowned Canadian Métis poet Marilyn Dumont at the Abbeys’ retreat centre.  

Seeding is nearly three quarters complete in Saskatchewan, currently at 72 per cent, a 23 per cent increase from last week, according to the latest Crop Report from the Ministry of Agriculture. This marks an increase from the five-year average of 60 per cent and the ten-year average of 64 per cent.  

Progress was delayed over the last seven days due to rainfall in the east and southern regions.  

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.

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Canada's western premiers say they've agreed to identify, plan and develop new economic corridors to connect provincial resources to international markets.

A joint statement issued Thursday says doing so would boost Canada's market access in Asia and Europe while the country fights a trade war with the United States and China.

The union representing about 55,000 Canada Post employees has called for a countrywide halt to overtime work, saying its negotiators will continue to review the latest contract offers from the mail carrier.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said late Thursday that members were being told to refuse any work beyond eight hours in a day and 40 hours in a week. 

The University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) has secured over $194 million in funding, to be delivered over the next five years. This renewed interprovincial funding commitment from Manitoba, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan has been in place for over 60 years.

Through the agreement, WCVM provides essential veterinary medicine programming, research, and clinical services to meet the needs of each province. Saskatchewan and Manitoba each have 25 student seats, while British Columbia funds 40 seats.

A female teenager has been arrested after Prince Albert Provincial General Investigation Section (GIS) located a Black Jeep that was responsible for a fatal collision with a pedestrian on Highway #11 on Tuesday morning.  

The Black Jeep was located on the Beardy’s & Okemasis Cree Nation on Wednesday (May 21).  

Plant 2025 is well underway across the prairies and generally ahead of the seasonal averages.

Canada's Outlook for Principal Field Crops came out yesterday.

Some of the highlights for the 2025-26 growing season:

As farmers continue their seeding operations, the latest crop report brings a mix of optimism and caution. 

Crop Extension Specialist Tyce Masich says at this point 72 per cent of the provincial crop is now planted; that's an increase of 23 per cent from last week. 

He notes it's a smaller increase than the week before, largely due to rain delays in parts of the south and east regions of the province.