Agriculture

Good food and good times at Open Farm Days

Seven Persons, AB - This will be Alberta's seventh annual Open Farm Days with the event only gaining popularity across the province with a number of host sites available to visit around Medicine Hat a...

Aug 16, 2019 Photo courtesy of Colton McKee - Sausages at Seven Persons' Premium Sausage being prepared for sale prior to Alberta Open Farm Days this weekend.

Brooks Corn Maze opens Saturday

Brooks, AB - It`s a tribute the National Junior A Champions Brooks Bandits weren`t likely expecting. But to have your championship marked by a corn maze drawn in the shape of the team`s logo is a trib...

Aug 16, 2019 Photo courtesy of Michelle Gietz - An aerial view of the Brooks Corn Maze with this year's theme honouring the Brooks Bandits and their National Junior A Championship.

Fund announced to support food based programs

MEDICINE HAT, AB -- The federal government has announced the $50 million dollar local food infrastructure fund.It offers up to $25,000 to projects like urban gardens, community kitchens, food banks, f...

Aug 13, 2019 Courtesy: Bob Schneider

Prospect of U.S.-China trade deal creates access worries for Canadian farmers

OTTAWA - China's move to stop buying several Canadian agricultural products has punished some farmers, and now industry leaders are worrying about the prospect of a broad...

Aug 13, 2019

Crops devastated by fourth driest July in Medicine Hat history

CYPRESS COUNTY, AB -- Many farmers and ranchers have been struggling during the summer of 2019, as a result of one of the driest July's on record. "Well, it's been a challenge, we've had an exceptiona...

Aug 12, 2019

22 tornadoes in Alberta so far this year

RED DEER, AB -- With summer not yet over, Alberta has already seen its busiest tornado season in 20 years.Our province has had 22 confirmed touchdowns in 2019, according to Environment Canada, includi...

Aug 10, 2019 July 14 tornado near Crossfield (Photo: Kyle Brittain)

UPDATE: Crops wiped out at Molnar’s Taber Corn following Tuesday night storm

BARNWELL, AB - Hail the size of golf balls wiped out nearly all of Molnar's Taber Corn, a farm that includes a lot more than just corn.Most significant, says Owner James Molnar, is anywhere from 480,0...

Aug 07, 2019 A squash, decimated by hail, at the Molnar Taber Corn farm. (Lethbridge News Now)

Graburn Rd. fire under control but hotspots remain

CYPRESS COUNTY, AB - Cypress County remains under a state of local emergency with more than 160 hotspots still burning across 17,000 hectares of burned prairie south of Walsh.Volunteer firefighters an...

Aug 04, 2019 Photo courtesy of Alex McCuaig - Alberta Forestry fire crews search out hotspots along Mackay Creek on Sunday Aug. 4, 2019.

Life returning to normal in Irvine following a hectic week.

IRVINE, AB - It's been a hectic week for the residents of Irvine, starting with a number of grassfires in the area seven days ago causing a state of local emergency to be issued and topped off with an...

Aug 03, 2019 Photo courtesy of Alex McCuaig - Crews at the scene of the Irvine train derailment walk next to the track just prior to it reopening at 11 a.m. Saturday Aug. 3, 2019.

County continues to battle wildfires

Cypress County, AB - Cypress Country remains under a state of local emergency due to wildfires. Over the past week an estimated 17,000 hectares of land has burned between a fire in Walsh and another i...

Jul 31, 2019 Photo courtesy of Dunmore Fire Station