• Farming: Big Business

  March 23, 2010 - 1 h 00

  Farming is never easy or simple. For Canada's decreasing number of farm families, it's been a way of life as well as a business - often called "the industry that buys retail, sells wholesale and pays the freight both ways."

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• Bakken Oil Play bolsters first sale

  February 16, 2010 - 2 h 00

  Fierce competition in the southeast Bakken oil play bolstered the first sale of Crown petroleum and natural gas rights for 2010. February's sale brought in $39.5 million in revenue for the province, the second highest total for a February sale....

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• Report on Water System Complete

  February 9, 2010 - 2 h 00

  The Oxbow Town Council meeting January 25 saw the tabling of a 40-page report on the town's water treatment written by Sean Bayer, a senior engineer with KGS MR2 Consulting Engineers of Regina. The report provides a brief historical overview, a...

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• Sustainability Within Southeast Saskatchewan

  February 2, 2010 - 2 h 00

  A livestock oriented workshop entitled "Sustainability within Southeast Saskatchewan" was held in Carnduff on January 14, 2010. 20 people from throughout the watershed enjoyed an afternoon of informative speakers organized by the Lower Souris...

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• Environmental Assessment on Oxbow Lot

  January 26, 2010 - 2 h 00

  During the week of January 11th, a Regina rig was taking core samples from the empty lot at the corner of Main St. and Highway 18. John Harding of Imperial Oil Public Affairs in Calgary confirmed Imperial's ownership of the lot and that O'Connor...

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• Tax Incentives Approved

  January 19, 2010 - 2 h 00

  A Town Promotion policy motion was passed by Oxbow Town council January 11 regarding tax incentives. Effective February 15, business renovations valued at $25,000. or more will be eligible for a tax abatement of 50 per cent of the increase in the...

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• That's a lot of bull

  January 5, 2010 - 2 h 00

  Remember the ad for the lost bull found wandering near the U.S. border with a brand but no ear tag? Well, nobody claimed it and it was sold at auction in Alameda. Enniskillen administrator, Myrna Babbings explained that the animal "seemed to have...

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• November Harvest

  November 24, 2009 - 2 h 00

  The provincial crop report says that as of Nov. 10, the arrival of long-awaited dry and sunny weather allowed Saskatchewan farmers province-wide, to get past the 90 percent mark in harvesting their crops.

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• Job Creation Award FOr Oxbow EDC

  November 10, 2009 - 2 h 00

  Dale Ching and Leonard Yeates recently received an award on behalf of the Oxbow Economic Development Committee (EDC). The award recognized the volunteers who have served on the EDC which, since its inception in 1991, has made 63 small business...

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• THE ROUND BARN

  November 10, 2009 - 2 h 00

  A few miles south of Glen Ewen, on the Mark Macfarlane farm is a relic of another era in farming. It's the last bit of a once-familiar landmark in the area-the round barn built in 1915 by George Duncan. What's left sitting on the site of the...

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Other news

• November 10, 2009 Trailblazers enjoy Youth Extravaganza
• October 27, 2009 Alls Quiet on the RM Front
• October 27, 2009 Glen Ewen Trailblazers travel to vet-a-vision
• October 20, 2009 Thirteen Reasons To Vote
• October 13, 2009 Rain Slows Things Down
• October 13, 2009 Seismic Activity North of Oxbow
• October 6, 2009 Going Up in Alameda
• July 21, 2009 Many Highway Projects in Southeast
• July 21, 2009 Geothermal Nixed
• June 30, 2009 Oxbow Council Meets
• June 23, 2009 Provincial Crops Fair to Good
• June 2, 2009 Highway 18 To Be Resurfaced
• June 2, 2009 Seeding Nears Completion
• May 19, 2009 Restricted Dog Bylaw Repealed
• May 12, 2009 Seeding Begins In Southeast