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Fifty-four per cent of the 2011 crop has been seeded, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture's Weekly Crop Report. The five year (2006-2010) average for this time of year is approximately 72 per cent seeded. Significant seeding progress was made in western and northern regions during the past...

An 18-year-old student who was seriously injured in an Ottawa high school autoshop explosion and lost his vital signs was later revived in hospital. Paramedics called to the school late Thursday morning had originally confirmed the male died at the shop at Ottawa's Mother Teresa Catholic High...

The Conservative government will use its majority in the House of Commons to end the Canadian Wheat Board's monopoly on marketing wheat and barley, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Wednesday. The government will likely introduce legislation this fall, Ritz said, with the changes expected to...

China will expedite the delivery of 50 Chengdu/Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) JF-17 Thunder aircraft production kits to Pakistan, part of Islamabad's 150 firm orders for the single-engined fighter. The Pakistan air force has confirmed the expedited delivery but declined to comment on the...

I had to take a drive up to the Coteau along the way I saw 6 people kite surfing on a flooded farmfield at the city's edge. I have a feeling there will be pics on the paper in morning. I'll look for and hopefully post any photos. It looked like they were having a blast, it was very windy today...

Libyan rebels will meet senior White House officials in Washington Friday, seeking both cash and diplomatic legitimacy in their war to topple Muammar Gaddafi. The head of the rebel National Transitional Council's executive bureau, Mahmoud Jebril, will meet President Barack Obama's national...

I just watched a woman smoke her melon into a light standard....... Hahahahahaha

Although relieved with bin Laden's death, many Chinese are scared where Washington will focus its attention next. The United States' most vilified terrorist foe has been dead only a week but China is already haunted by the phantom of the next big US enemy. Almost simultaneously with the spread...

Every spring right before seeding fuel prices jump and there is a fresh new excuse. The winner this year is: Oil Prices Will Top Highs After Correction: Goldman Goldman Sachs, which in April predicted this week’s major correction in oil prices, said on Friday oil could surpass recent highs...

It's 100% true......

Pity Gilles Duceppe. The leader of the Bloc Québécois spent almost two selfless decades in Parliament being paid handsomely by the taxpayers of Canada to try and pry the country apart. And what is his thanks after he was defeated in his own riding on Monday and the Bloc was reduced to four...

(Reuters) - Tens of billions of dollars of Chinese investment could flood into the United States in the next decade, creating a multitude of American jobs if officials do not succumb to a political backlash and throw up barriers, according to a report released on Wednesday. The study forecast...

Holy ****! I own a lake! I wish I had my camera with me.

According to Radio One he was shot dead in a raid of a mansion outside of Islamisbad.

Saskatchewan has approved a $1.24-billion project to build one of the world’s first commercial-scale, clean-coal power plants, with plans to capture the carbon dioxide before it goes into the atmosphere and use it to recover more crude from nearby oil fields. Backed with $240-million from the...

Perusing through some materials at hand I came across some interesting tidbits. Just imagine the mayhem if Canadians had a clue...... 65. The following persons are not eligible to be a candidate: b) a person who is disentitled under paragraph 502(3)(a) while they are so disentitled; 502...

The International Monetary Fund has just dropped a bombshell, and nobody noticed. For the first time, the international organization has set a date for the moment when the “Age of America” will end and the U.S. economy will be overtaken by that of China. The Obama deficit tour The Wall...

The Minnesota Department of Transportation is looking for 500 people to test technology that could someday be used to collect a mileage-based user fee. Mn/DOT anticipates a fee on road usage might someday be necessary as more fuel efficient and hybrid cars are on the road, decreasing revenue...

Just because it pisses me off there is something I'd like to clear up when it comes to the terms Left and Right and the political spectrum. First off Right is not Conservative and Left is not Socialist, Libertarian or Commie. Far Right is zero government at all. None. Zip zant doodly...

ACLU seeks information on Michigan program that allows cops to download information from smart phones belonging to stopped motorists. The Michigan State Police have a high-tech mobile forensics device that can be used to extract information from cell phones belonging to motorists stopped for...