The city of Regina and the RM of Sherwood have reached an agreement to bring almost 12 hundred acres of land into Regina city limits. The land is located south of Inland Drive, between Winnipeg street and Fleet Street. The boundary change is due to recent regional economic development and enables the city to meet […]
The City of Regina is suing a refinery after oil allegedly spilled into the city’s wastewater treatment plant in 2019 and 2020. In a statement of claim, the City is seeking over 4.5-million dollars in damages from Consumers’ Co-operatives Refineries Limited after a thick tar-like substance contaminated the city’s wastewater. The City is now looking […]
Federated Co-op has announced a new online platform and brand. Co-op Agzone is a new suite of digital solutions that will increase to support Western Canadian farmers in the field, in the yard and in the books. The first digital program is Co-op AgZone Field, a digital agronomy tool to provide a simpler way to […]
Two Saskatchewan Co-ops are expanding service to farm customers with the acquisition of Paragon Ag Service in northeast Saskatchewan. Lake Country Co-op and Prairie North Co-op have reached an agreement to buy Paragon’s three Saskatchewan retail agriculture sites and two anhydrous ammonia locations. The will have Prairie Co-op acquire the Melfort and Brooksby purchase will […]
A million dollars will be available for non profit groups across Western Canada for capital projects thanks to the CO-OP Community Space Program. Between $25,000 and $150,000 will be made available for each project. Megan Dunn from Sherwood CO-OP says the program provides a helping hand for local groups on a variety of projects. Some […]
In an effort to make it easier for Saskatchewan citizens to determine whether or not they have COVID-19, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency has partnered with 41 Co-op locations across the province to get free rapid antigen test kits for public use. The kits are currently onsite and ready for pickup. “The SPSA and the […]
A joint venture between Federated Co-op and Blair’s Family of Companies has received regulatory approval to move forward. The joint venture will acquire 7 Saskatchewan agriculture retail locations, providing crop inputs, agronomic services and animal nutrition products to farm customers near Lanigan, Liberty, Lipton, McLean, Nokomis, Rosthern and Watrous. As a condition of regulatory […]
Several Unifor members are facing additional charges in relation to the lockout that ended in June. 13 union members, including national president Jerry Dias and his assistant Scott Doherty, are facing mischief charges, but are now also facing obstructing police related charges. While the Crown prosecutor says a trial on the mischief and obstruction charges […]
Co-op is providing a $43,000 donation to support construction of a new Playground at Sunset Beach at Crooked Lake, just north of Broadview. The president of Sunset Beach Recreation, Randy Durovick, says the funds will be used for a $100,000 project to build a new playground and two Pickelball courts. He says the project will […]
