Agriculture

Local producers feeling the sting from fake honey imports

MEDICINE HAT, AB -- The Honey industry isn't as sweet as it seems. Honey cut with artificial ingredients has been flowing into Canada, damaging the local market. Honey cut with artificial sugars like ...

Jul 30, 2019 Courtesy: Colton Mckee

Fire threat remains extreme

MEDICINE HAT, AB - The state of local emergency remains in place with high temperatures, low soil moisture and hotspots from fires over the last week combining for an extreme risk for flareups.The sta...

Jul 29, 2019 Photo courtesy Alex McCuaig - A fire burns near a homestead outside of Irvine, AB on July 27, 2019

Another successful Exhibition and Stampede, says GM

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Every year organizers of the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede commit to putting on the biggest and best annual show in southeastern Alberta.They rarely disappoint and this year ...

Jul 29, 2019 Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede

New farm legislation seeks to be grown from the grassroots

MEDICINE HAT, AB - The newly minted provincial agriculture minister made his first trip to southeastern Alberta in that capacity to hear from local farmers and ranchers about what should be in the new...

Jul 28, 2019 Photo courtesy of Alex McCuaig - Agriculture Minister Devin Dreeshen and Brooks-Medicine Hat MLA Michaela Glasgo at the Brooks Farm Freedom and Safety Act consultations at the Heritage Inn on July 27, 2019.

State of emergency expected to remain for days in Cypress County after grassfires near Walsh, Irvine and Suffield.

CYPRESS COUNTY, AB - A state of emergency in Cypress County remains in place Sunday following a number of grassfires in the last week including a large fire off the Graburn Road south of Walsh Saturda...

Jul 27, 2019 Photo courtesy of Alex McCuaig - Two Hutterite boys pitch in to help battle the Walsh grassfire on Saturday July 27, 2019.

New farm consultations, new way of advertising

There is a common saying regarding the Internet; if you're receiving a free service online, you are the product. However, the city's two local MLAs are asking participants in the upcoming local Farm F...

Jul 26, 2019 Screenshot courtesy Eventbrite - One of several Farm Freedom and Safety Act consultations being advertised on Eventbrite.

Stampede focuses on safety for attendees, volunteers and employees

MEDICINE HAT, AB -- The Medicine Hat Stampede is coming up on Wednesday, and on Tuesday the festival started to take shape.Roughly 175 workers gathered at the grounds, setting up the 132nd edition of ...

Jul 23, 2019

Fans flock to sheepdog trials

More than 100 spectators flocked to Mildred Barry's farm south of the city over the weekend to take in the Cypress Hills Sheepdog Trials over the weekend."It's a top-notch event," said competitor and ...

Jul 21, 2019 Photo Alex McCuaig - A handler a his border collie guide the flock into a pen during the Cypress Hills Sheepdog Trials which took place over the weekend

Farm safety advocate calls for review, not repeal of Bill 6

The founder of the Farmworkers Union of Alberta says it is one thing to review the controversial Bill 6 legislation but repealing the act to what existed prior to 2015 would be a setback for agricultu...

Jul 18, 2019 File Photo - A local rancher shows her displeasure during the 2015 consultation on the controversial Bill 6 in Medicine Hat.

Quonset Days raising the roof

In the decade since Trevor Biemans lost his father to Lou Gehrig's Disease, the family spread just south of Seven Persons has become host to "The Greatest Outdoor Party on Dirt." This year will be no ...

Jul 18, 2019 File Photo - Quonset Days is set to kick off a weekend of country music starting Friday in Seven Persons.