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MELFORT, Sask. - Four vessels are expected to load durum and lentils at the Port of Churchill this fall.Arctic Gateway Group Chair and Chief Executive Officer Murad Al-Katib said four ships moved 137,...

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - The Government of Alberta is expanding its Agriculture Promotion Network around the world.The recently created Invest Alberta will work with network offices worldwide and will ad...

A new campaign is calling on governments across Canada to freeze tax increases on beer.Farm groups, bar and restaurant owners, tourism and hospitality associations and brewers started Freeze it for Th...

Melfort Fire and Rescue put out two combine fires in two days.Both transpired north of Melfort. After the first combine caught fire on Sept. 24 it was backed on to a dirt road before a fire could spre...

COURTENAY, B.C. - This fall, farmers on Vancouver Island can safely dispose of unwanted agricultural pesticides and old, obsolete livestock and equine medications through a Cleanfarms clean-up program...

MELFORT, Sask. - A new project will develop technology for the livestock sector.Sasktel and the University of Saskatchewan are working together on a "Smart Farm" at the Livestock and Forage Centre of ...

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - The Reeve of the MD of Greenview estimates about half of the crop has been combined in his municipality.Dale Smith says it could be closer to 75 per cent at some farms.He adds ...

MELFORT, Sask. - Scientists have concluded several studies and found chickens, turkeys, and pigs pose no public health risk for transmitting the virus that causes COVID-19.The Canadian Food Inspection...

DUNMORE, AB - There has been a cluster of Potomac horse fever in the province this year.That's according to a senior equine specialist at the University of Calgary Dr. Ashley Whitehead. She says it's ...

The Alberta government has announced further supports for the province's agriculture sector aimed at building value-added capacity and bolstering economic activity.The plan is said to aggressively pur...