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4-H overhauled in Alberta as new funding committed

More details available on Alta. grain dryer program

Alberta tour focuses on rural crime concerns
The government says it will use feedback from the meetings as a way to inform it on how to best resolve the issue
The Alberta government is touring the province to hear concerns about rural crime and to learn how to best resolve the issues. Despite efforts to reduce rural crime over the past couple of years, issues of property theft and break-and-enters continue to alarm small communities. “We want to see crime rates go down,” Doug Schweitzer, […] Read more
Alberta trade mission planned for Japan, South Korea

Renewable sector on hold in Alberta

Farm safety laws, carbon tax on the block as Alberta’s UCP elected

Opposition leads Alta. gov’t as election looms
The polling results become narrower when voters are asked for their impressions of the NDP and UCP leaders
The Alberta election has not yet been called but political watchers agree the campaign is already well under way. The vote must take place sometime between March 1 and May 31. Zack Ziolkowski, Alberta counsel with the legal and lobby firm that represents Alberta agricultural groups to government, predicted an April 15 election when he […] Read more
Alta. and RCMP partner to increase efforts on fighting rural crime

Energy no longer Alberta’s engine, says economist

Alberta councillors reject OHV registration
Sixty percent of rural delegates opposed the resolution for licensing, saying the fee would hurt rural residents and involve more government red tape
Alberta’s rural leaders won’t be lobbying the provincial government to institute a licensing system for off-highway vehicles anytime soon. The decision came about following much debate during the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMD&C) annual convention on Nov. 15. Rod Shaigec, the mayor of Parkland County, brought forward the resolution to lobby the […] Read more