Winnipeg(CNS Canada) – Much of Western Canada may still be blanked by snow following recent storm activity, but spring is just around the corner and seasonal weight restrictions will soon be coming into place to disrupt grain movement. The annual spring road restrictions set axle weight limits for vehicles moving on certain roads in an […] Read more
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Farmers demand action on grain transportation
OTTAWA — Canadian grain farmers want a plan to get grain moving within the next two weeks. Representatives from regional and national organizations held a news conference on Parliament Hill yesterday to demand action on the rail bottleneck that threatens a repeat of 2013-14. “Parliament is going to take a two-week break. We need a […] Read more
Ottawa reviews police services in Sask. following trial
UPDATED – March 7, 2018 – 1545 CST – The federal government is “carefully examining the availability of police services and resources” in rural Saskatchewan following the controversial acquittal of Biggar-area farmer Gerald Stanley. Stanley was holding a gun that shot and killed Colten Boushie, a 22-year-old aboriginal man, in August 2016. He was acquitted […] Read more
Third generation continues legacy on Alta. farm
LACOMBE, Alta. — Zuidhof Feeders sprawls over the rise of a hill in the rolling parkland of central Alberta. Its towering feed mill can be seen for miles. Pens of feeder cattle are squared off over the hillside. Hundreds of bales are stacked in rows nearby. Adjacent to the farm site, cattle dot the landscape. […] Read more
Frustrations over rural crime in the spotlight
Legal experts describe the laws following controversial murder case in Sask. but answers don’t sit well with farmers
LLOYDMINSTER — As their frustrations simmer, many farmers and ranchers continue to feel largely defenceless when confronted by crime on their properties. The issue reached a boiling point in Lloydminster earlier this month during the Agri-Visions conference. Fresh in people’s minds was the trial involving Gerald Stanley, a farmer near Biggar, Sask., over the death […] Read more
How to avoid being a victim of scammers
Fraud and marketing scams result in the loss of millions of dollars every year by Canadians. Being aware of the different types of fraud and the myths that might allow fraudsters to gain your trust will protect you and your family from becoming victims. Many Canadians fall victim to crimes of fraud, regardless of education, […] Read more
A pioneer’s ingenuity: getting by during the Depression
Garnet Mclean and his wife moved to their homestead one mile north of Withrow in west-central Alberta in 1909. The homestead was 160 acres of poplar trees along with the occasional willow bush. It was all cleared by hand with an ax and a grub hoe during the next 30 years. The family consisted of […] Read more
Alta. greenhouses miss out on farm labour exemption
Government doesn’t consider greenhouses to be farms, which means they must pay overtime and statutory holidays
If you grow commercial vegetables, flowers or tree seedlings in a greenhouse, are you a farmer? Alberta’s greenhouse growers say the answer is yes, so they should be subject to farm employment standards. Alberta Labour says the answer is no, and the above noted greenhouse operations are subject to the labour standards of the province’s […] Read moreMedical help will be necessary for anger management problems
Q: I think that I need some help controlling my anger. It is getting out of hand and has been so for quite some time. I seem to be screaming and shouting a lot to just about everyone in my family. I have never hit or physically hurt anyone but you know, as I do, […] Read more
Farmers traditionally reluctant to take security too far
I’ve lived in small towns where people don’t lock their front doors and they leave their car keys in the ignition — overnight. I’ve visited dozens of farms where hundreds of thousands of dollars of equipment is sitting around, easy to steal. I’ve almost never been to a western Canadian farm that has its farmyard’s […] Read more
