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The Saskatchewan government and SaskPower, the Crown power company, plans to expand the province’s “green power” portfolio with more wind power and new projects within the next three to five years. On top of a proposal to expand wind generation in the province by another 100 megawatts (mW) by 2012, the province said it plans […] Read more

Canada’s four Prairie grain pools have made their marriage official, trading in their Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and Agricore United monikers for a new brand, Viterra. Pronounced “VY-terra,” a word meant to symbolize “life from the land,” the name was officially unveiled today at the rebranded, merged company’s Buffalo Plains high-throughput grain terminal near Regina. “We […] Read more

British Columbia’s ministry of agriculture and lands has expanded the selection criteria for its Century Farms program that honours the province’s earliest farms. The program honours pioneers with a “Century Farm” designation for those whose farms or ranches have been in the family for 100 years or more. Unitl now, Century Farms were those with […] Read more