Agriculture

2019 challenging year for local farmers

It's been a challenging year for farmers in Southeastern Alberta. The year started out with average conditions, but quickly became challenging with Medicine Hat experiencing its fourth driest July on ...

Oct 02, 2019 Courtesy: Ross Lavigne

Emergency protection order debate in House as rare as sage grouse

Medicine Hat, AB - Little has been said during Parliamentary debate regarding the federal government's decision to issue an emergency protection order for the sage grouse in 2013, affecting oil operat...

Sep 20, 2019 Photo courtesy of the Calgary Zoo

Warning signs prior to city's multi-million dollar purchase of Manyberries oilfield

Medicine Hat, AB - There were warning signs in 2011 of what would become a years long and multi-million dollar legal fight between Medicine Hat and federal government over protections of an endangered...

Sep 19, 2019 Photo courtesy of the Alberta Wilderness Association - One of several billboards the Alberta Wilderness Association commissioned in the fall of 2011 advertising the dwindling numbers of sage grouse in Alberta.

Southern Alberta harvest ahead of last year's pace; crop quality better than five year averages

EDMONTON - Producers in the Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, Foremost and Strathmore region are ahead of the rest of the province in terms of harvest. The latest provincial crop report puts harvest progress ...

Sep 17, 2019 CHATNEWSTODAY file

Equestrian Centre hopeful for new indoor facility

Dunmore, AB - The Dunmore Equestrian Centre hosted it's Little Britches Rodeo over the weekend but it's hoping to continue having such events all year in a new indoor arena.The event attracted over 15...

Sep 08, 2019

Ottawa invests nearly $8.5-million into projects in Lethbridge, Coaldale, Foremost

Lethbridge, AB - Significant amounts of money from the federal government's Western Diversification Program will support four projects in Southern Alberta.The following three grants are from the Busin...

Sep 07, 2019 The coulees in Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)

Red Deer woman hit by semi while protesting

Red Deer - A Red Deer woman was hit by a semi while protesting last month outside a Red Deer pork processing facility.Kattrina Horner is a member of Red Deer Animal Save, an affiliate of The Save Move...

Sep 07, 2019 Kattrina Horner

Amalgamation talks end with county vote

Brooks, AB - The working group looking at amalgamation of Brooks, County of Newell and Bassano is no more following a council vote Thursday.County of Newell councillors voted to withdraw from the Regi...

Sep 06, 2019

Producers working between showers to bring in crop in Southwest Saskatchewan

REGINA, SK -Producers in southwest Saskatchewan continue to harvest between showers but they are still behind the 5 year average.20 per cent of the crop in the southwest has been combined; the 5 year ...

Sep 06, 2019 CHATNEWSTODAY file

Southern AB Mayors and Reeves calling on province to fund HALO

Bow Island, AB - The Mayors and Reeves of Southern Alberta have passed a motion calling on the provincial government to, "provide adequate and ongoing funding to HALO," according to a press release is...

Sep 05, 2019 Photo courtesy of Ross Lavigne.