Insights and Stories on General

Prairie Forecast Update: Warmer air not in the cards

Oct. 30, 2023 at 10:58 am CDT

The forecast for this period has been playing out pretty close to what the weather models were predicting, but with a few small differences. For Alberta, the forecasted upper ridge does not look like it will get nearly as strong as originally forecasted as a strong northwesterly flow helps to […]

Canada to boost carbon tax rebate for rural areas

Oct. 27, 2023 at 7:28 pm CDT

By Ismail Shakil Nia Williams

Think outside the agriculture box for labour, ag and tech leaders say

Oct. 26, 2023 at 6:35 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Prairie Forecast: Arctic high slowly moving out

Oct. 25, 2023 at 9:20 pm CDT

By Daniel Bezte

Carbon tax exemption bill C-234 clears Senate committee

Oct. 25, 2023 at 12:57 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

People gather around a line of flatbed trucks carrying humanitarian aid.

Foodgrains Bank calls for urgent aid in Gaza

Oct. 23, 2023 at 3:39 pm CDT

Over 6,000 men, women and children in Israel and Gaza have died in two weeks of conflict, the Foodgrains Bank said. More than 1.4 million people have been displaced. As a member of the Humanitarian Coalition, the Foodgrains Bank is working with partner organizations and local groups to bring humanitarian assistance to the area.

By Glacier FarmMedia staff Reuters

Prairie Forecast Update: Cold and some snow coming

Oct. 22, 2023 at 6:29 pm CDT

I have been waiting to see if the weather models were going to come into agreement on the upcoming shift on our weather pattern and for the most part, they have: it’s going to get cold! A large area of low pressure has formed over the eastern Arctic and the […]

By Daniel Bezte

Senate committee pulls barn, greenhouse heating from carbon exemption bill

Oct. 20, 2023 at 2:43 pm CDT

Groups expressed disappointment over an amendment to Bill C-234, which will not only remove barn and greenhouse heating from a proposed exemption from the carbon price but will also delay the bill’s progress.

By Geralyn Wichers

Prairie Forecast: Warmer, colder… then snow?

Oct. 18, 2023 at 3:00 pm CDT

Not surprisingly for this time of the year, the last forecast didn’t play out exactly as expected, but overall, it was pretty darn close. The large area of high pressure that was forecasted to develop over the northern Prairies and slowly drop southward did just as forecast, but over the […]

By Daniel Bezte

Anxiety over cost of food on the rise: CCFI

Oct. 17, 2023 at 4:56 pm CDT

When asked which life issues they were most concerned about, 54 per cent flagged the cost of food as a top concern—up from 51 per cent last year, the report said.

By Glacier FarmMedia staff