Three municipalities in northwestern Alberta say ongoing dry conditions threaten their region’s cattle industry.  |  File photo

Alta. municipalities fight drought aid exclusion

MDs of Greenview and Lesser Slave River and Brazeau County left out of federal-provincial drought assistance program

CALGARY — Three rural municipalities in northern Alberta are fighting to get a financial lifeline for their livestock producers after being excluded from a federal-provincial drought assistance program. People are dropping out of the cattle industry because of ongoing dry conditions that are raising fears about the sector’s prospects this year, said beef producer Bill […] Read more