80 workers face layoffs as Olymel closes pig farms in Alberta and Saskatchewan
About 80 workers at Olymel pig farms in Alberta and Saskatchewan are facing layoffs, as the company moves to cull six production facilities in the next few months.

About 80 workers at Olymel pig farms in Alberta and Saskatchewan are facing layoffs, as the company moves to cull six production facilities in the next few months.
On Wednesday, Saskatoon city councillors will decide whether to extend the property tax abatement for the Lighthouse Supported Living Inc.
Saskatoon police are investigating a suspicious death that occurred in the Confederation neighbourhood on Saturday night.
WATCH: In 1990, a Saskatoon group made a second attempt to get an NHL team, this time through expansion.
A Prince Albert man said he can start moving on, now that the woman who attacked his 89-year-old father has been sentenced. He said because of the assault, he lost both his mother and father.
Prince Albert police officers are excited to see a change in leadership, according to the president of the Saskatchewan Federation of Police Officers (SFPO).
A fifth person has been charged in a 27-year-old man's death and police are seeking the public's help in finding him.
The University of Waterloo has announced it will offer free tuition to students from two First Nations whose traditional territory covers the land where the university is located.
The moments when a mother moose and her baby stopped traffic on a Northern B.C. highway last week were caught on video by a truck driver.
Arthur Ross first enrolled at UBC in 1969. He'll receive his bachelor's degree on Thursday.
Since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched in December 2021, researchers across North America and Europe have been vying for access to it. It took years and a series of failures for Dr. Jeremy Heyl to get his turn.
It turns out that the sound of children playing outside is not a reason to make a police complaint.
WATCH: Musician Ross Neilsen, who usually covers the music of Neil Young, performs one of his own songs for us, ahead of his Saskatoon show.
WATCH: Nelson Bird brings you this week's edition of Indigenous Circle.
WATCH: CJ Katz shares her recipe for Grilled Focaccia in this week’s edition of the Wheatland Café.
WATCH: Saskatoon Crime Stoppers update for the week of May 8, 2023.
Analysis on the province's response to homelessness and clean electricity targets. Also, some new federal polling is out.
A pink piano is proving to be a big inspiration for a trio of B.C. farm pigs hitting all the right notes. Adam Sawatsky has the story.
A 'truly innocent' engaged couple was shot dead while attempting to flee their attacker outside their home after a landlord-tenant dispute escalated on Saturday night, according to police.
Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won reelection Sunday, extending his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade in a country reeling from high inflation and the aftermath of an earthquake that levelled entire cities.
Venetian authorities are investigating after a patch of fluorescent green water appeared in the famed Grand Canal on Sunday morning.
Samuel Blais scored two goals to rally Canada to a 5-2 victory over Germany in the final of the ice hockey world championship on Sunday.
Less than two months after he pleaded guilty to storming the U.S. Capitol, Texas resident Daniel Goodwyn appeared on Tucker Carlson's then-Fox News show and promoted a website where supporters could donate money to Goodwyn and other rioters whom the site called 'political prisoners.'
Police are investigating the death of a three-year-old boy who was pulled from a backyard pool in Oakville on Saturday.
Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley held a major rally in downtown Calgary Saturday morning, while her United Conservative rival had no public events planned this weekend after a final pitch to voters a day earlier.
'The Little Mermaid' made moviegoers want to be under the sea on Memorial Day weekend.
As seen in People, Cody Walker and his wife Felicia have named their newborn son Paul, in tribute to the fallen 'Fast & Furious' star. Paul Barrett ('Bear') Walker was born late last month.