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We're in the final week of Meal in the Field for this years harvest.

The first delivery of this week took us just west of Leipzig where we got to meet the Huber crew who were nominated by Carolyn Huber. Everyone enjoyed a delicious hot meal courtesy of Kerrobert Reddi Mart and talked about the wrap up of harvest.

There is only one more delivery left to do, keep an eye out for our station vehicle in a field near you!

Bunge Canada is stepping up to buy the North West Terminal LTD. grain elevator at Unity.

Bunge would pay $27 million for the 63-thousand metric tonne grain terminal, with all of the sales proceeds going towards NWT's $42-million debt. The proposed sale does not include the fermentation and distillation business or NWT's ownership interest in the Alliance Grain Terminal at the Port of Vancouver.

Rosetown RCMP are asking for the publics help in identifying suspects after a debit card was stolen from a vehicle and was used at a Rosetown gas station. They say the theft happened sometime between 10 p.m. on September 19 and 6 a.m. on September 20.

The man is described having brown hair and was wearing a black champion sweatshirt, blue jeans and white running shoes. He was driving a tan Chevrolet Silverado with Saskatchewan license plate 340 MAU.

The Plenty Wildcats earned a home win against the visiting Macklin Sabres on Tuesday to kickoff Week 4 of high school football in the area.

According to the Macklin Sabres Facebook page, the rare early week start from North West Central School saw an unofficial score of 50-30 for the Wildcats. Plenty's first win of the season moved them ahead of Macklin in the standings, but thankfully the Sabres will have a chance to get back in the win column, and exact revenge with Plenty coming to town on Friday for an 8:00 PM start under the lights.

Schools and child care centres across Canada have a new opportunity to bring learning outdoors with the launch of the OutClass™ Outdoor Classroom Giveaway Contest, offering a $25,000 prize to create an outdoor learning space.

Organized by Bienenstock Natural Playgrounds (BNP), the contest aims to encourage educators to reconnect children with nature, which studies show can improve test scores, retention, and physical and mental well-being.

The province is calling on the public to put forward names for the 2026 Saskatchewan Order of Merit, an honour that recognizes exceptional contributions to the province.

“Being invested with the Order of Merit is an unequalled tribute from the Crown and the people of Saskatchewan,” Lieutenant Governor Bernadette McIntyre said in a release. “Members of the Order are innovators, groundbreakers and leaders who have positively impacted our province in countless ways. However, for these remarkable people to be acknowledged, they first must be nominated.”

Folks across the province can tune into an educational session next week that will dive into the genetic legacy of bison and the near extinction of the keystone species in the 1880s.

The Saskatchewan Prairie Conservation Action Plan's September Native Speaker Series webinar is set for next Tuesday over the noon hour and is free to attend.

Public Services and Procurement Canada says its plan to sell off or lease surplus office space has been derailed in part by the government's push to increase the number of days public servants have to work in the office.

A ministerial transition binder prepared for Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement Joël Lightbound says "recent developments" have undermined its goal of off-loading half of its office portfolio by 2034.

TikTok's efforts to keep children off the platform and prevent the collection and use of their sensitive personal information were "inadequate," but the company is taking steps to address those concerns, federal and provincial privacy authorities said Tuesday.

The federal, Quebec, Alberta and B.C. privacy commissioners released the results of their joint investigation into TikTok, which they launched in 2023. They said hundreds of thousands of Canadian children use TikTok each year and the company collects and uses their personal information.

The federal government is moving forward with the implementation of its voluntary Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program (ASFCP) for individual firearms owners, beginning with a six-week pilot in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, starting today.