Mary MacArthur

SASKATOON (Staff) – Albertans have called for an end to budget cuts in health care, says a news release from the doctors who ran a “Tell Us Where It Hurts” public awareness campaign. Alberta Medical Association president Dr. J. Guy Gokiert says a loss of confidence is the main message heard from the more than […] Read more

ANDREW, Alta. – The Canadian Wheat Board is looking at paying instant cash for barley to help ensure its supply, said wheat board commissioner Ken Beswick. “We know we’ve got a big problem in feed barley,” Beswick told a group of farmers during the wheat board’s grain days here last week. Last year the board […] Read more

ANDREW, Alta. – The Canadian Wheat Board should get out of Winnipeg and promote itself, said a farmer worried about the future of the grain marketing company during the company’s grain days. “I feel the wheat board staff is not doing their job of communicating the benefits of the wheat board,” said Victor Chrapko. He […] Read more

CADOGAN, Alta. – Farmers should not sign contracts with oil companies until they get professional advice, said a surface rights consultant. “Never sign without getting good professional advice and that’s not from the oil company’s land man,” said Karl Zajes. For four hours Zajes showed slides and told stories at a surface rights meeting here […] Read more

CAMROSE, Alta. – A government study on market opportunities for Alberta’s northern Peace River region has been released, but another study must be done on ways to implement the recommendations, said the executive director of the research division. “The next step is to find out how to make it happen or how to influence it […] Read more

CAMROSE, Alta. – Cargill Ltd. plans to open a research centre in this central Alberta city concentrating on special oilseeds, the city’s economic development co-ordinator announced recently. Dennis Twomey said for five years the research centre will use about 550 sq. metres of the city’s subsidized office space at the Camrose Regional Exhibition. “It has […] Read more

CADOGAN, Alta. – Farmers will have to put the touch on oil companies to help pay their tax bill after the province’s municipal act is changed, said the assistant to the Farmers Advocate. Recent changes to the municipal act mean farmers with oil and gas wells on their land will have those few acres assessed […] Read more

CADOGAN, Alta. (Staff) – Some seismic companies want access to crown land without farmers’ permission and without paying farmers compensation, according to an assistant to the Farmers’ Advocate. And their office thinks if companies are granted access to crown land, it won’t be long before they don’t need permission to cross private land, said Paul […] Read more

RED DEER, Alta. – Farmers are about to go through a change as dramatic as the industrial revolution, says a Saskatoon theology professor. “It will be a revolution like we haven’t seen for 200 years,” said Chris Lind. The people with wealth won’t be farmers. The rich will be those who own intellectual property, like […] Read more

RED DEER, Alta. – In the United States, farmers who find an endangered plant or animal on their land must plan their entire cropping and grazing plans around the endangered species. Some farmers there are not allowed to clear brush from their fence line for fear of damaging a rare plant. In Texas and Arizona, […] Read more