KCIP Applications Open Until May 15th!

The Kindersley Community Initiative Program Grant (KCIP), funded by Saskatchewan Lotteries, is designed for local non-profit organizations with the need to develop, expand and improve opportunities for participation in recreation, culture and sport through various projects. This funding is a large part of non-profit organization programs within the community. Each year approximately 19 applications are… Continue reading KCIP Applications Open Until May 15th!

Province Will Provide $275 Million to Support Municipalities

Premier Scott Moe recently announced that Saskatchewan municipalities will benefit from more than $275 million in 2021-22 under the Municipal Revenue Sharing Program. “This unconditional provincial funding for municipalities provides local leaders the flexibility and adaptability to invest in their community’s current key priorities,” Moe said. “This stable and predictable source of revenue is more… Continue reading Province Will Provide $275 Million to Support Municipalities

Saskatchewan Pandemic Budget Unveiled

By: Karen Briere, producer.com, June 16, 2020 The agriculture ministry budget is $363 million, down from $369 projected in March and further down from last year’s $391 million. Saskatchewan introduced what it called its pandemic budget June 15. The government expects to run a $2.4 billion deficit for 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 virus and… Continue reading Saskatchewan Pandemic Budget Unveiled

Funding Has Come Through to Help Beekeepers Cover COVID-19 Costs

By: Lethbridge Bureau, producer.com, June 11, 2020 The funding is intended to help beekeepers cover higher costs for new colonies; costs that resulted from the coronavirus pandemic. Alberta beekeepers will have access to $1 million in government funds to offset the costs of colony replacements this year. The money, available through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership… Continue reading Funding Has Come Through to Help Beekeepers Cover COVID-19 Costs

Funding Available for On-farm Projects for Forage and Livestock Producers

On April 1, 2018, the Canadian Agricultural Partnership was launched. The Canadian Agricultural Partnership, promoted as CAP, is a five-year, $388 million investment by federal and provincial governments in strategic initiatives for Saskatchewan agriculture.  One of the areas that CAP programming provides cost-shared funding is to support rural water development for agricultural use, through the… Continue reading Funding Available for On-farm Projects for Forage and Livestock Producers

KCIP Funding Assists Community Organizations in Kindersley

Source: Town of Kindersley Press Release, July 18, 2018  A total of $45,151 will be distributed to 18 organizations for the 2018-19 Kindersley Community Initiatives Program (KCIP) grant. The grant is made possible through Saskatchewan Lotteries funding that is issued annually to municipalities on a per capita basis and is intended to encourage involvement in… Continue reading KCIP Funding Assists Community Organizations in Kindersley

Saskatchewan Community Literacy Funding

Non-profit organizations have less than a month to submit applications for the 2018-19 Saskatchewan Community Literacy Fund (SCLF) and receive up to $50,000 in funding. The SCLF provides funding for Saskatchewan-based, non-profit organizations to cultivate and distribute literacy products to families and communities in their area. “These funds allow communities to respond to identified family… Continue reading Saskatchewan Community Literacy Funding

Saskatchewan Schools Receive $7.5 Million in Immediate Funding Release

Around $238,000 will make its way to the schools (including Kindersley’s schools) in the SunWest School Division after Premier Scott Moe announced that $7.5 million will be immediately released towards education across the province of Saskatchewan. The newly elected Premier of Saskatchewan didn’t waste much time in starting to enact some of his campaign promises,… Continue reading Saskatchewan Schools Receive $7.5 Million in Immediate Funding Release

Premier Scott Moe announces immediate $7.5M for Sask. education funding

Source: CBC News, February 6, 2018  Moe and new Education Minister Gord Wyant made the announcement following 1st cabinet meeting New Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has announced an immediate top-up in education funding of $7.5 million. He said the money comes from savings in other ministries. Read full article here….

Grains research shakeup forces new direction

By Sean Pratt, The Western Producer, July 14, 2017  The Western Grains Research Foundation is losing a key source of its core funding, and that is leading to a dramatic shift in the type of research it will be managing in the future. The foundation had been receiving 30 cents per tonne from the wheat… Continue reading Grains research shakeup forces new direction