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SaskPower urges caution during busy harvest season

SaskPower urges caution during busy harvest season

SaskPower continues to remind Saskatchewan farmers about the importance of adhering to safe practices during a very busy harvest season.
Campaign urges people to support local businesses

Campaign urges people to support local businesses

Estevan Mercury Publications has partnered with the Estevan Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Action Committee and the City of Estevan for a new promotion that urges people to shop locally, rather than heading to larger centres.

From Estevan to Ecuador

Douglas MacKinnon’s skills in business have taken a dramatic turn from the days of his work in the oil and gas industry in southeast Saskatchewan.

A year of mixed messages but still above average yields

For some Canadian farmers, especially those in certain parts of Saskatchewan, it’s been a pretty wet year. For other agricultural producers, it’s been a terribly dry year.
Vandenhurks nominated for award

Vandenhurks nominated for award

Former Midale-area residents Elysia and Natasha Vandenhurk have been nominated for a provincial award. The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce announced the finalists for the Association of Business Excellence (ABEX) Awards on Aug.
CAPP visits Estevan to discuss industry support

CAPP visits Estevan to discuss industry support

Steve Rennick, manager of campaigns with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) believes that Canada’s oil and gas industries get a bad rap.

SK sees manufacturing sales growth in June

Saskatchewan’s manufacturing sales saw a strong increase at the beginning of the summer, with the province ranking first in month-to-month percentage change. Manufacturing sales in Saskatchewan increased by 4.

Richardson invests in Richardson, SK

Richardson International Limited recently confirmed their investment of $15 million to create a new research farm in Saskatchewan to improve Canadian agricultural operations.
Farming income rises slightly

Farming income rises slightly

Average total income of farm operators in Canada in 2014 increased by 1.7 per cent compared with 2013 said Statistics Canada, basing their report on the latest complete statistics that were made available to them.
Tiny border community home to a major commodities terminal

Tiny border community home to a major commodities terminal

Although it may not be considered over the top by today’s standards that call for anything and everything to be huge in stature, the Ceres commodities terminal that sits nextdoor to the tiny hamlet of Northgate, Saskatchewan that happens to be conven
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