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One year to the day a wind-whipped fire forced thousands to flee in the dark of night along one smoke-choked road, the mayor of Jasper acknowledged it was a day of remembrance that some would much rather forget.

The County of Grande Prairie invites residents to meet with County Councillors and staff from every department at the 13th Annual Open House.

Originally postponed due to the Kiskatinaw River Wildfire, the new format will bring everyone together at one event on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, at Saskatoon Lake Community Hall.

Company works with Farming Smarter Association as it searches for options other than the century-old Russet Burbank variety.

Russet Burbank has been the go to potato variety for Canadian farmers and consumers.

This year, McCain Foods in Chin, Alta., has entered a corporate partnership with the Farming Smarter Association to explore the viability of other varieties in its food processing plant for farmers to consider.

Farming Smarter is using one of its commercial plots to do a research trial growing four varieties using six treatments.

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan has written to the federal government asking for emergency use of strychnine to control gophers
 

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan wants strychnine reinstated under emergency use provisions.

The organization has asked the federal agriculture and health ministers to “urgently” consider the request.

APAS said there is a significant uncontrolled increase in the population of Richardson’s ground squirrels costing about $9 million a year.

Firm behind plan to build Saskatchewan fertilizer plant had to recently deal with former CEO’s financial problems

 It is full steam ahead at Genesis Fertilizers despite a tumultuous June, say proponents of the proposed Saskatchewan mega-project.

“It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when we get this project off the ground,” said Terry Drabiuk, vice-president of business development with Genesis.

The project is a proposed $2.89 billion, farmer-owned nitrogen fertilizer plant to be built in Belle Plaine, Sask.

On July 15, 2025, Grande Prairie RCMP Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) and Grande Prairie Rural General Investigation Section (GIS) observed a stolen truck driving recklessly through the city of Grande Prairie, resulting in surveillance of the truck. The driver was later taken into custody by Grande Prairie RCMP CRU with the assistance of Grande Prairie RCMP Drugs and Rural GIS.

As a result of the investigation, Quinton Di Guistini (28), a resident of Grande Prairie, was arrested and charged with:

Thick fog is causing near-zero visibility in some areas this morning. Conditions are expected to improve later.

Drivers should use caution as visibility may drop suddenly. Turn on your headlights and keep a safe distance from other vehicles.

Fog advisories are issued when dangerously low visibility is expected or happening.

Information provided by Environment Canada

The founding CEO of the five-year-old organization will stay on until January 2026

Seeds Canada is looking for a new chief executive officer after Barry Senft announced he is stepping down from the role he’s held for about four years.

Senft will continue to serve as CEO until the end of January 2026.

“I think after five years, it’s time for new leadership,” he said during the 2025 Seeds Canada conference in Quebec City.

He said someone with more seeds experience would make sense now that the organization is up and running.

The Duck Dynasty family is expanding once again. 

Over the weekend, Jessica and Jep Robertson announced that their 18-year-old daughter, Priscilla, will welcome a new grandchild in October. 

"This isn’t the plans we had laid out for Priscilla, but God takes our meagre offerings and turns them into His greatest blessings!" said Jessica and Jep in a post on social media. "We are so proud that Priscilla & Dillon chose life for their baby, and we will all be rewarded with this precious baby girl!"

As five former Canadian world junior hockey players await a ruling in their sexual assault trial, legal experts say videos shown in court of the complainant saying she was OK with what had happened highlight a broader misunderstanding of consent and sexual assault law in Canada.

Two cellphone videos in which the woman says she’s “OK with this” and that “it was all consensual” were presented as evidence during the trial of Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube, and Callan Foote.