Scott Boulton

The Estevan area has once again raised the most interest from the latest public offering of oil and gas by the provincial government.

The offering, held on Tuesday, raised $7,208,879.51 for the province with 108 parcels posted and 96 receiving acceptable bids covering a total of 14,374.288 hectares.

That is a drop from the year before, which saw $16,689,771.93 raised for August 2023's public offering.

The Estevan area saw 68 leases bring in $4,716,387.14 over 5,709.704 hectares of land

Manitoba has seen its fields dry out and warm up over the week as the harvest season is pushing closer and closer.

Manitoba Agriculture Cereal Crops Specialist Anne Kirk says they're even seeing harvest kick-off in a couple of areas.

Power line safety is one topic farmers should memorize as harvest approaches with plenty of work on the horizon.

Many farmers will be moving giant machinery across fields for over 12 hours a day, and between the stress of harvest and fatigue, there's a lot of room to make a mistake.

SaskPower Spokesperson Scott McGregor talks about how farmers can prepare for the upcoming season.

North America is currently in a transitory period in terms of weather systems, with the timing of that transition likely to affect conditions for crops around the prairies.

That'll eventually change into a LaNinna system, which for our southern neighbours means that frosts could creep in early and disrupt harvest.

Environment Canada Meteorologist Natalie Hasell says that people in the Canadian prairies don't need to worry as much.

Power line safety is one topic farmers should memorize as harvest approaches with plenty of work on the horizon.

Many farmers will be moving giant machinery across fields for over 12 hours a day, and between the stress of harvest and fatigue, there's a lot of room to make a mistake.

SaskPower Spokesperson Scott McGregor talks about how farmers can prepare for the upcoming season.

North America is currently in a transitory period in terms of weather systems, with the timing of that transition likely to affect conditions for crops around the prairies.

That'll eventually change into a LaNinna system, which for our southern neighbours means that frosts could creep in early and disrupt harvest.

Environment Canada Meteorologist Natalie Hasell says that people in the Canadian prairies don't need to worry as much.

A Frobisher man managed to dig up a find that's seeing the sun for the first time in over 66 million years.

Bob Steman was working on a yard project before discovering a fossil of an ammonite from a rock pile he was working with.

He describes some of the work that led to him finding the fossil.

The provincial government is providing Saskatchewan food banks with $2 million dollars to help Saskatchewan families.

The donation will go towards the Food Banks of Saskatchewan organization, which distributes funds to 36 food banks across the province.

With wildfire season going strong on the prairies, southeast residents already got a taste of smoke at the start of the week, and the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) is looking to keep fires down in the province.

Currently, there are 75 active wildfires in Saskatchewan. 12 of those are contained with 36 of those under assessment.

10 of the wildfires have direct property protection underway, and 17 of those are not yet contained.

After two years of bargaining between the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees Union and the province, a new contract has been voted on and has passed.

The deal had been introduced back in the spring after an impasse was declared in February between the two sides.