Mary MacArthur

EDMONTON – The United States will become more protectionist in the next year as it tries to improve its economy, says an American economist. “(U.S. president) George W. Bush is fighting the biggest war of his economic life,” said David Kohl. “He’ll end up just like George Sr. if the economy doesn’t turn around in […] Read more

Hundreds of curling clubs, arenas and community halls in Alberta may be forced to shut their doors because of escalating utility costs. For the first time in its history, the Mountview Curling Club in Elmworth has had to ask the County of Grande Prairie for a $5,000 loan to help pay its electrical and gas […] Read more

Hotel bars are rarely open before noon, but Alberta Gaming officials pounded on the door of the Monarch Hotel at 7 a.m. on April 29 to take away its three video lottery terminals. “It’s a sad day,” said bar maid Louise Hollander, who is worried now that the main source of income for the hotel […] Read more

Recent rain and snow in Alberta have ensured farmers in the province will have enough soil moisture to plant a crop, said Alberta Agriculture’s soil moisture technologist. “No area doesn’t have enough moisture for seeding and germination,” said Joe Michielson of Lethbridge. “Generally the entire province is out of the very low zone and into […] Read more

Crows and horses will be used as early warning signals in the fight against the west Nile virus that is expected to arrive in Alberta this year with migrating birds, say Alberta government officials. “With the migratory birds returning to Alberta and undoubtedly, in my opinion, some of them are bringing west Nile into the […] Read more

WILDWOOD, Alta. – An Alberta bison producer has created a unique Canadian meal that gives bison, the all-Canadian food, an ethnic twist. Using family recipes passed down for generations, Gulzar Lalany has developed three complete frozen meals using bison from her A & G Bisonview Ranch at Wildwood east of Edmonton. “I’ve taken a totally […] Read more

A methane digester that turns hog manure into valuable water, electricity and cash on an Alberta Hutterite colony is proving so successful that it has sparked plans for another digester near the colony’s second hog barn. Chuck McBurney, reeve of Beaver County, said hog manure from Iron Creek’s second 1,200 sow barn will be piped […] Read more

Farmers have another tool to kill the Richardson’s ground squirrel now that a southern Alberta man’s product has been registered. The product, called Exit in Canada and Vargon in the United States, was fast tracked to registration because it’s effective while also safe to non-target animals and the environment, said inventor Don Sutherland of Cochrane, […] Read more

Fairview College, the northwestern Alberta college established more than 50 years ago as an agriculture college, will be merged with Edmonton’s Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. The college has struggled to attract students in some of its traditional programs in the past. This year the agriculture program was put on hold because of poor enrolment. […] Read more

Farmers who were owed money when API Grain Processors Ltd. of Red Deer went into receivership will be paid from the company’s Canadian Grain Commission bond. The company carried a bond of $750,000. When it went into receivership Dec. 3, 2002, it owed eligible producers $751,307. Four claims worth $31,052 were ineligible because producers didn’t […] Read more