Insights and Stories on Alberta

Farming work exempt from proposed Alberta helmet law

Nov. 28, 2016 at 8:28 pm CST

Farmers and ranchers at work would be exempt from a proposed new law requiring off-highway vehicle (OHV) users to wear helmets while operating on public land in Alberta. Provincial Transportation Minister Brian Mason on Monday announced proposed amendments to Alberta’s Traffic Safety Act that would require recreational users of all-terrain […]

Bovine TB probe turns up more TB-positive cattle

Nov. 18, 2016 at 4:49 pm CST

By Staff

Bovine TB quarantines push into Saskatchewan

Nov. 14, 2016 at 7:25 pm CST

By Staff

Bovine TB case probed in southeastern Alberta

Nov. 1, 2016 at 1:39 pm CDT

By Staff

Thailand to accept Alberta seed potatoes

Nov. 1, 2016 at 5:27 am CDT

By Staff

Harvest woes rally canola, turn some farmers into winners

Oct. 20, 2016 at 2:50 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters –– As some Western Canada farmers watched rain and snow turn their ripening canola fields into bogs, Rob Stone could count his blessings. Harvest weather was kinder to his farm at Davidson, Sask., about 100 km southeast of Saskatoon, and Stone finished harvesting canola by mid-September. Then, […]

By Rod Nickel

Snow causing more harvest grief in Alberta, Saskatchewan

Oct. 14, 2016 at 3:14 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Snow and freezing rain continues to hamper harvest progress across a large portion of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Environment Canada issued weather warnings and alerts for much of central and northern growing regions of Alberta and Saskatchewan on Friday. Up to 15 cm of snow are forecast, with […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Western Feedlots closure seen hurting prices

Sep. 22, 2016 at 4:49 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — The closure of one of Canada’s biggest cattle feedlots is likely to depress prices of young cattle and the grains used to fatten them, and may increase sales to the U.S., industry officials say. Alberta-based Western Feedlots said Wednesday it will shut feeding operations early in […]

By Rod Nickel

Rain expected for Prairies into weekend, next week

Sep. 16, 2016 at 9:43 am CDT

CNS Canada — Rain is going to slow weekend harvest progress in parts of the Prairies, though farmers in most areas will still be able to get into their fields, one meteorologist says. But as temperatures drop, some late-maturing crops may have been hit with frost damage. Showers are expected […]

By Jade Markus

Alberta to back new renewable energy capacity

Sep. 14, 2016 at 2:35 pm CDT

Reuters — The Alberta government said Tuesday it will support the creation of 5,000 megawatts of additional renewable energy capacity by 2030 to help achieve goals laid out in its climate plan last year. Shannon Phillips, Minister of Environment and Parks, said Alberta now has a firm target of 30 […]

By Nia Williams