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Farmers have been making good progress in the field; so far 88 per cent of the provincial crop in the ground. 

According to Saskatchewan's weekly crop report seeding is most advanced in the southwest at 95 per cent, followed by the west-central region at 94 per cent, the northwest at 93, the northeast at 92, the east central at 81, and the southeast at 80 per cent seeded.

After securing the second three-peat in franchise history last year, the Okotoks Dawgs are feeling confident for the 2025 season. 

The Dawgs home opener game is tomorrow (May 31), with the first pitch flying at 7:05 p.m., at Seaman Stadium. 

William Gardner, VP of Promotions said topping the 2024 season will take some doing, but the organization has the coaching staff and the athletes to make it happen. 

May 31 is the deadline to register your children to take a bus to school.

The Foothills School Division also posted reminders about provincial changes that will affect whether your child is eligible or not.

The walk radius for kids in K to 6 is now 1.6 kilometres, and the limit for students in grades 7 to 12 is 2 kilometres.

You do need to register by tomorrow if you want your kids to take the bus to school, although payment isn't required until June 30.

Alberta's government says it's extending the deadline for a former judge to investigate allegations of high-level conflict of interest and arm-twisting in health care contracts.

Former Manitoba provincial court chief judge Raymond Wyant was expected to submit an interim report to the government today, followed by a full report next month.

The government employee facilitating the investigation says the number of documents provided and interviews requested by the former judge means that initial time frame is no longer feasible.

If you're wondering what's going on with the traffic lights flashing in High River today, it's because tests are being done.

A third-party company is testing all the traffic lights in High River, where each set will briefly flash twice for about a minute each.

The Town of High River is asking you to drive with caution near intersections and watch out for crews working.

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) has released its third Farmers and Food Price Report.

The report shows that while food prices remain high, the share of the food dollar reaching Saskatchewan farmers continues to decline.

One of the contributors to wind is the Coriolis force. The Coriolis force arises from the fact that the Earth rotates. | Photo: File
Last issue, we talked about how the pressure gradient force is the main driving force of wind in our atmosphere and that it exists due to the unequal heating of the Earth’s surface.

Now, if we were to take a simple look at the Earth, this would mean that the polar regions would have high pressure because they are cold and the equatorial regions would be areas of low pressure because they are warm.

India takes the plunge, but some crop sectors remain hesitant.

May 4, 2025, could be a significant day in the history of agriculture.

On that day, Indian agriculture minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced the release of two gene-edited rice varieties.

The announcement signals to the world that India — a country of nearly 1.5 billion people — is committed to gene edited technologies and modern tools to improve crop production.

High River's Jason Glass is off to another outstanding start to the WPCA chuckwagon season.

He finished first on the opening night on Wednesday and came in second last night and now sits second in the aggregate.

Wednesday night's second-place finisher, Jamie Laboucane, had a No Time so is out of the running for Sunday's $40,000 Dash for Cash final.  

The same goes for the 2023 Stompede Champion Chanse Vigen, as he had a No Time on opening night.

Blackie's Jordie Fike is also having one of the best starts to the season in several years.

A new spy watchdog report says an overseas Canadian Security Intelligence Service operation was suddenly halted by government officials, "creating unnecessary danger for the CSIS team" and raising questions about ministerial accountability.

The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency found no written records indicating the decision to suspend the operation had been made by the CSIS director or the minister of public safety.