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Editor’s Column: New Internet plan, same problems

By Leeann Minogue January 25, 2017

If you’re a regular reader, you’ll know that I live on a farm in southeast Saskatchewan where our Internet access is not exactly stellar. I’ve written in these pages that the Internet has become a basic service — something we absolutely need in rural areas. And so, when I came home from our Christmas holiday […] Read more

A YourLink tower outside Weyburn, Sask. (YourLink.ca)

General, Machinery

Xplornet buying YourLink

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 14, 2017

One of Canada’s biggest providers of rural broadband is set to expand its space in the Saskatchewan market by buying rural high-speed wireless provider YourLink. New Brunswick-based Xplornet Communications on Monday announced an all-cash $28.75 million deal with Victoria-based Vecima Networks for the “remaining assets” of Vecima’s YourLink business. YourLink, based in Saskatoon, is a […] Read more

General, Machinery

CRTC makes broadband a basic service

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 21, 2016

Gatineau | Reuters — Broadband internet access will be considered a basic service in Canada, the country’s telecom regulator said Wednesday, setting a higher target for download speeds and creating a fund that could see providers paying more to help meet those goals. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) said it was establishing a […] Read more

The CRTC’s map of broadband internet availability in the Prairie provinces, at the end of 2014. Green areas denote fixed wireless service; yellow denotes LTE; purple and blue denote cable and DSL/fibre connections respectively. (CRTC.gc.ca)

Crops, Machinery

Prairie farmers look to increase tech use, but face obstacles

By GFM Network News April 11, 2016

CNS Canada — As spring approaches, some producers are searching for new technology to integrate into their operations — while others have opted out of the ag tech sector, whether by choice or through a lack of accessibility. “Even two years ago, it was way worse out there in terms of apps, in terms of […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Debate: Sask. farmers aim to bridge digital gap

By Lisa Guenther, GFM Network News March 23, 2016

Infrastructure has always been top of mind for many rural Saskatchewan residents — but rural infrastructure needs in 2016 can’t all be met with gravel, graders and culverts. With a provincial election around the corner, improving digital and cellular service was a focal point in an ag leaders’ debate held in Saskatoon Tuesday. The Why […] Read more

Editor's column, Wheat & Chaff

Editor’s Column: The lowdown on rural Internet access

By Leeann Minogue March 9, 2016

Oh the irony. I thought I’d do a little research before I wrote about Internet access in rural Canada. So I turned to the Internet, typed in some likely search terms and… waited. Then I waited some more. I live on a farm in southeast Saskatchewan. Although oil activity has fallen off drastically in the […] Read more

Welding equipment manufacturer Victor Technologies has a large training section on its website that anyone can use without logging in or registering.

Machinery

Free online welding resource

Victor Technologies wants to help bridge the training gap using the Internet

By Scott Garvey February 3, 2016

One of the downsides to living in a rural area is not having access to the kind of amenities city residents do. That includes the opportunity to take part-time training courses in many trades that are useful on the farm, like welding. But these days Internet resources can help bridge that training gap. Welding equipment […] Read more

Columns, Crops

Technology brings the world to your office

With Google Earth, visit the whole planet from the comfort of your home

By Les Henry June 17, 2015

In my youth we pounded a lot of pavement both summer and winter. Winter was for short courses and other extension events and summer was for research — soil fertility and drilling holes all over for soil salinity work. It is my great pleasure to have driven every mile of every Saskatchewan highway in the […] Read more

Columns

To tweet or not to tweet

Twitter can be overwhelming for new users. Find out whose tweets you  should be following, what to tweet about and the etiquette rules to live by 

By Lisa Guenther March 10, 2015

To tweet or not to tweet? That is a question some of you may be pondering. On the one hand, there are more farmers on Twitter than gophers in Saskatchewan. And scientists and researchers. And specialists with chemical, seed and fertilizer companies. And government officials, grain traders, media. The whole ag sector is there. Twitter […] Read more

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

GFM Network News

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

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Editor’s Column: New Internet plan, same problems

Xplornet buying YourLink

CRTC makes broadband a basic service

Prairie farmers look to increase tech use, but face obstacles

Debate: Sask. farmers aim to bridge digital gap

Editor’s Column: The lowdown on rural Internet access

Free online welding resource

Technology brings the world to your office

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