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Saskatchewan government-owned liquor stores post financial loss after closures

Aug 3, 2023 | 12:39pm

The Saskatchewan government has spent millions of dollars to shutter its remaining liquor stores, resulting in the retailers posting a financial loss this year. This province says the Saskatchewan Gaming and Liquor Authority’s retail division lost $22.6 million this fiscal year. Lori Carr, the minister responsible for the authority, says the retailers were not profitable because the Saskatchewan Party government had […]

Sask Stock Growers push for beef pricing investigation

Jul 6, 2022 | 5:14am

The Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association is calling on the federal and provincial governments for a cattle and beef pricing investigation. Stock Growers president Garner Deobald of Hodgeville says ranchers and feedlots are operating at a loss while packers and retailers are making huge profits. Deobald warns of significant downsizing of cattle numbers across Canada because […]

Sask. crops sustain extensive hail damage in last week of August

Sep 8, 2021 | 5:32am

The final week of August saw extensive hail damage across Saskatchewan. The CEO of Saskatchewan Municipal Hail Insurance, Rodney Schoettler, says over one million acres of crop sustained hail damage in the last week of August. Schoettler says the hail storms in late August affected a wide area ranging from Assiniboia to Yorkton and Kindersley. […]

Sask. hail claim numbers down but payouts are up

Aug 25, 2021 | 5:16am

Hail claim numbers are down significantly this summer across Saskatchewan. The CEO of Co-op Hail, Murray Bantle of Regina, says the number of claims in July is down by 38 percent and the number of hail days is down by 25 percent. However, he says the payout per claim is almost double this year. He […]

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