Mary MacArthur

A provincial court judge’s suggestion that rules governing land agents are unfair to landowners may be the nudge the government needed to change the act. Less than a week after the court decision, a delegation from the Alberta Surface Rights Federation left a meeting with the rural caucus of the governing Progressive Conservative party feeling […] Read more

RYCROFT, Alta. – Picking the day farmers will begin seeding in the Peace River area of northern Alberta this year is like guessing how many jelly beans are in a quart sealer at the fair. Bryan Woronuk has started his own seeding pool. Friends and family of the Rycroft farmer have chosen dates on a […] Read more

Three more wild deer have tested positive for chronic wasting disease in southeastern Alberta. Two mule deer and one white-tailed deer tested positive near Empress, Alta. A total of 20 cases have been found in the wild in Alberta since 2005. The provincial government shot 169 mule deer and 280 white-tailed deer March 5-9 as […] Read more

McLENNAN, Alta. – As melting snow recedes from the roadsides, spring emerges in the grass and soil that gradually reappear. But a more grisly sight is also emerging. Along the highways in the Peace River area of northwestern Alberta, frozen bodies of deer and moose are beginning to appear. Record deer and moose populations, fast […] Read more

GUY, Alta. – Gilbert Wolfe hopes a funky looking bunny rabbit and a stand-up pouch will make his honey hop onto grocery store shelves. Wolfe is counting on the Honey Bunny logo to give him an edge over the dozens of other containers. “There is no edge with bulk honey,” he said. “We were like […] Read more

VEGREVILLE, Alta. – An Alberta man who helped landowners negotiate with oil and gas companies was found guilty of breaking the law governing land agents, but the judge said the act is bad legislation that favours the energy companies. In his written ruling released March 30, judge Peter Ayotte said he had no choice but […] Read more

The old saying about no more farmland being made may not be true in British Columbia. The provincial government plans to sell forest areas to farmers this spring in a pilot project to see if the property where timber was destroyed by the mountain pine beetle can be successfully converted to farmland. “We think there […] Read more

Alberta farmers will receive an extra $70 million through the Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization program. “We’ve heard our producers continue to express concerns that the CAIS program is still not responsive enough after the disasters affecting our industry,” said agriculture minister George Groeneveld. One of the weaknesses in the program is that it’s based on […] Read more