Agriculture

The latest Alberta Crop Report lays out mixed outcomes

LETHBRIDGE -- With harvest continuing, provincial crop conditions as of August 27, 2019, saw little change since the last report and are above both the 5 and 10-year averages. The provincial average i...

Sep 04, 2019 John Deere tractor working in the field -- Glenn Miller

City, county and town talk amalgamation

Brooks, AB - Three southern Alberta municipalities are considering amalgamation, motivated by the idea of reducing taxes. But critics say the move will reduce local representation.The City of Brooks, ...

Aug 31, 2019

Mounties, sheriffs and Special Area officers launch traffic enforcement operation

Cereal, AB - It's been a deadly month on Highway 9 between Oyen and Youngstown with four fatalities which have left an 11-year-old boy dead and a young girl seriously injured in a collision which took...

Aug 29, 2019 Photo by Alex McCuaig - Traffic along Hwy. 9 is stopped in a section of the road that is being repaved.

Canadian government invests $4.2 million into Southern Alberta’s rail infrastructure

Medicine Hat, AB - The federal government has made a significant infrastructure investment in Southern Alberta.Minister of Natural Resources Canada announced the federal government will invest $4.2 mi...

Aug 26, 2019 The Fort Mile Rail line (Photo: Forty Mile Rail Inc. at 40mr.ca)

Lethbridge College to embark on four-year potato irrigation study

Lethbridge, AB - A nearly $400,000 grant from the Canadian Agricultural Partnership will allow researchers at Lethbridge College to embark upon a four-year study to determine how watering and irrigati...

Aug 24, 2019 Dr. Willemijn Appels and her team (Photo Credit: Rob Olson Photgraphy via Lethbridge College)

Harvest time at the Farmers' Market

Medicine Hat, AB - With harvest season underway, the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede is reaping what it has sown with plenty of fresh food on offer from dozens of local farmers and ranchers on sa...

Aug 23, 2019 Photo by Alex McCuaig - Some of the fresh produce currently available at the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede Farmers' Market.

The sweet smell of success

Bow Island, AB - You may have never heard of Thacker Specialty Crops located just outside Bow Island but you've likely tasted the product it produces.The farm is one of the country's largest producers...

Aug 18, 2019 Photo by Alex McCuaig - Spearmint farmer Dale Thacker holds one of the plants at his farm on Aug. 17, 2019.

Southern Alberta man fined for selling woman’s horses for slaughter

Lethbridge, AB- A southern Alberta man who sold a woman's two horses for slaughter without her knowledge has been fined after pleading guilty to a lesser charge.Wayne Jubb, 78, was charged last year w...

Aug 18, 2019 Wayne Bernard Jubb leaving the Lethbridge Courthouse Thursday (Lethbridge News NOW)

Made in Alberta food and drink on offer at Alberta Open Farm Days

Seven Persons, AB - Alberta Open Farm Days returned to the region on Saturday with Seven Persons Premium Sausage playing host to tours and samples of locally produced products.Medicine Hat Brewing Com...

Aug 17, 2019 Photo by Alex McCuaig - JoLynn Parenteau, from Medicine Hat Brewing Company, hands out samples at Premium Sausage in Seven Persons as part of Alberta Open Farm Days on Saturday.

Canadian Crop Hail Association receives more than 10,000 damage claims this year

Grande Prairie, AB - The Canadian Crop Hail Association says more than 10-thousand damage claims have been received by its member companies so far this year.It says at the mid-point of the year, Saska...

Aug 17, 2019