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SaskBarley Election To Be Held

The Saskatchewan Barley Development Commission will be holding an election to fill the vacancies on their Board of Directors.
 
Vice Chair Brent Johnson says they have four candidates vying for the three open positions on the board.
 
“They include Keith Rueve of Muenster, Matt Enns of Rosthern, Michael Haydon of Swift Current, and Glenn Wright of Vanscoy.”
 
Candidate and voting information will be posted online and be mailed out to barley growers in early October.  
 
Voting will open October 21st and will end on November 29th.
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Regulations help markets and industry exist on level playing fields, keeping consumers safe and innovation from going too far. However, incredibly strict regulations can stunt innovation and cause entire industries to wither away. Dr. Peter James Facchini brings his perspective on how existing regulations have slowed the advancement of medical developments within Canada. Given the international concern of opium poppy’s illicit potential, Health Canada must abide by this global policy. But with modern technology pushing the development of many pharmaceuticals to being grown via fermentation, is it time to reconsider the rules?

Dr. Peter James Facchini leads research into the metabolic biochemistry in opium poppy at the University of Calgary. For more than 30 years, his work has contributed to the increased availability of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthetic genes to assist in the creation of morphine for pharmaceutical use. Dr. Facchini completed his B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Biological Sciences at the University of Toronto before completing Postdoctoral Fellowships in Biochemistry at the University of Kentucky in 1992 & Université de Montréal in 1995.