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Over the years, certain areas in Canada have seen an increase in wild pig populations. Wayne Lees from Squeal on Pigs Manitoba highlights the difficulty in tracking these animals, especially on foot. "In our experience, finding the pigs is the single hardest thing that we have to do. Our situation in Canada is very, very much different than the US under cold climate conditions. We don't have the large numbers of wild pigs that they experience in warmer climates.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders didn't stray too far from home with their final pick of the 2025 CFL Draft.

Another month, another adventure to plan for one lucky winner!

Sarah and Trent Benjaminson were surprised when they were drawn for this month's trip, Valley of the Sun! Phoenix, AZ.

What made it more surprising was that Sarah happened to be helping make the announcement when her name was drawn. Check out the video below!

Saskatchewan’s Opposition New Democrats are introduced a motion designed to move rural hospitals and health care facilities away from the virtual physical practice, which the NDP calls dangerous.  

Local rural municipalities are being proactive ahead of the first hot weekend of the year.

Two fire bans were applied in the northern part of west-central Saskatchewan to end April. The first one was activated April 28 in the RM of Buffalo, and then another one was activated to the west inside the RM of Round Valley on April 29. 

With files from Keira Miller, Saskatoon Media Group

April 30 marked the final day of promoting increased awareness around tissue and organ donations in Canada. Anyone can become either an organ or tissue donor easily, a potentially lifesaving decision, as one organ donor can save up to eight lives, and one tissue donor can impact the lives of up to 75 people.

The Kindersley RCMP has identified a youth suspect in a recent graffiti incident that included offensive language, according to the latest quarterly report delivered by Staff Sgt. Andrews this week.

Thanks to public assistance, the youth has been dealt with under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. “We really appreciate the community’s help in identifying this and making sure it gets stopped and fixed,” said Andrews. Due to the youth’s age, no name has been released.

WINNIPEG — Wheat growers in North Dakota have altered how they use fungicides to control fusarium head blight.

Many farmers now apply fungicides later, after flowers first appear on wheat heads, to cut the risk of fusarium damaged kernels (FDK) and reduce levels of deoxynivalenol (DON) in cereals.

Western Canadian farmers should make a similar switch, says a plant pathologist with Agriculture Canada in Alberta.

Right now, some agronomists and grower groups say the ideal fungicide timing starts when 75 per cent of wheat heads are fully emerged.

The Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) is five-year suite of programs that launched in 2023 and offers a variety of programs, including some for sheep producers.

SaskPower crews are doing work southwest of Kindersley today, creating a power outage for customers in Mantario and surrounding rurals for two hours.

The outage is expected from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM on May 1. Outages are also expected to reach areas north of Highway #7.