Friday was the last day of operations for the Moose Jaw office of the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC).
Remi Gosselin, CGC manager of information services, told the Times-Herald the commission was following government mandate when it decided to shutdown the Moose Jaw office in February. He said the decision was intended to focus the commission's efforts on its primary services.
The Canadian Grain Commission inspects and grades various grains. In Moose Jaw, Gosselin said the staff inspected samples sent by mail and a few by farmers who walked into the office.
However, the main service offered out of Moose Jaw was not a CGC mandated service, but rather one offered by request. When asked, local staff would go to grain elevators with shipments headed for the United States, grading the grain before it crossed the border.
Read more in Saturday's Times-Herald.
