Estevan

China has hit Canada with a new round of canola tariffs, threatening one of Western Canada's biggest cash crops and causing potential issues for farmers looking to sell their crops. The tariffs were announced overnight Monday in China, meaning that people watching the agriculture markets were in for quite the shock Tuesday morning.

Chuck Penner, founder of Left Field Commodity Research, was watching the markets and says much of the agriculture sector saw this coming.

China has hit Canada with a new round of canola tariffs, threatening one of Western Canada's biggest cash crops and causing potential issues for farmers looking to sell their crops. The tariffs were announced overnight Monday in China, meaning that people watching the agriculture markets were in for quite the shock Tuesday morning.

Chuck Penner, founder of Left Field Commodity Research, was watching the markets and says much of the agriculture sector saw this coming.

Disc golf has been a fixture in Estevan for decades, but one local player is aiming to elevate the sport to new heights, both on the local course and in competitive play across Saskatchewan.

DeShawn “Patty Putts” Klassen recently returned to Estevan after years of playing in other communities, bringing with him a vision to grow the sport locally.

“I just want to point the city in the right direction and bring that outside community down to Estevan,” Klassen said.

National galleries and museums across the country have seen a 15 per cent increase in attendance so far this summer, after the federal government introduced free or discounted admission through the new Canada Strong Pass.

The Canada Strong Pass, which took effect on June 20 and is available until Sept. 2, offers free national museum admission to children 17 and under, and a 50 per cent discount for those aged 18 to 24.

The pass also offers free admission to national parks and sites maintained by Parks Canada.

The head of the Canada's police chiefs association says they are guided by "outdated and inadequate" laws that were never designed to take on the current criminal landscape that no longer respects international borders. 

Thomas Carrique, president of the Association of Chiefs of Police, said police would have been in a better place to "disrupt" transnational crime, if the federal government had listened to his group in 2001, when it last proposed legislative changes. 

On a bright and sunny afternoon, the team from Cherry On Top brought a special kind of joy to Creighton Lodge and the surrounding neighborhood by handing out ice cream to local seniors. Brooklyn Christenson and Mikayala Dyer, two friendly faces from the popular local ice cream truck, took time out of their day to make sure the community’s elders could cool off and enjoy a sweet treat.

The Estevan Police Service responded to 45 calls over the weekend, including an assault investigation, an impaired driving arrest, and a hit-and-run involving a utility box.

Police were called to the alley of the 700 block of Fourth Street after a vehicle struck a utility box and fled the scene.

Officers also responded to a retail store where an unknown man was reportedly checking for unlocked vehicles in the parking lot.

The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) is inviting producers to take part in their Harvest Sample Program, letting them send in samples from their grain harvest to be graded. The no-cost grading helps farmers know exactly what they've got in their fields, letting them easily market their grain to sellers.

Kerri Pleskach, the program manager of analytical services at the CGC, explains how producers can take part.

China announced a 75.8 per cent preliminary tariff on Canadian canola on Tuesday, following an anti-dumping investigation launched last year in response to Canada's tax on Chinese electric vehicles.

China's Ministry of Commerce published the details of the plan on Tuesday, claiming the "dumping" of Canadian canola into the Chinese market is hurting its domestic canola oil market.

The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) is inviting producers to take part in their Harvest Sample Program, letting them send in samples from their grain harvest to be graded. The no-cost grading helps farmers know exactly what they've got in their fields, letting them easily market their grain to sellers.

Kerri Pleskach, the program manager of analytical services at the CGC, explains how producers can take part.