Strathmore

With the federal election taking place on Monday, April 28, there are several candidates running to be the new MP for the Bow River riding.

Current MP Martin Shields announced earlier this that he would not be running for reelection. The Conservative Party of Canada held a vote for their new candidate, with local farmer David Bexte winning the nomination.

The 2025 Agricultural Water Management Fund is now accepting applications. This fund aims to support agricultural producers and local governments in developing effective water management projects.

Naomi Paley, Manager of Drainage Extension at the Water Security Agency, explains that qualified applicants can receive up to $95,000 per project through a cost-sharing approach across three funding streams:

Seed and Feed is back with a new name, Meals on the Farm, on 104.5 More Country!

Staff with 104.5 More Country will be heading out next month to deliver food from Baldwin BBQ to hardworking farmers in the field.

Garrett Forster and Kurt Paskal, workers with Johnston's Grain, is one of the sponsors of the event.

Canadians took advantage of advance voting over the Easter long weekend.

Advance voting ran from April 18 to 21.

According to Elections Canada, 7.3 million people cast advance ballots.

During the 2021 election, only 5.1 million Canadians took advantage of advance voting.

Currently, there is no breakdown of how many people voted in advance in the Bow River riding.

Residents will have one more chance to vote on election day, which is scheduled for April 28.

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has sent out the last payment of the Canada Carbon Rebate on Tuesday, April 22.

According to the CRA, the base amount for an individual in Alberta is $228, while the amount for a family of four is $456.

The payments ended as the federal government cancelled the consumer carbon tax earlier this month.

After the consumer carbon tax ended, gas prices in Strathmore dropped by an average of 18 cents per litre.

The mother of a Calgary murder suspect has testified her son was having hallucinations and was in fear of animalistic creatures months before a young woman was stabbed to death on a downtown street.

Michael Adenyi, 29, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of fitness instructor Vanessa Ladouceur. The 30-year-old was walking to work on the morning of March 18, 2022, when she was attacked.

Health officials in Alberta are reporting 29 new cases of measles, bringing the province's total to 118 since early March.

The government says many of the new cases are in Alberta's south and central zones, seven are in the north and one is in Edmonton.

Alberta Health Services says people may have been exposed to the highly contagious disease at three medical clinics in the Edmonton area earlier this month.

Cattle market analyst Anne Wasko from Gateway Livestock says that's largely due to tariff uncertainties leading up to April 2nd. 

She notes despite that cattle prices in Western Canada have remained strong, hitting record highs across all classes of cattle with slaughter cow prices hitting another high last week.

The waning days of the federal election campaign saw voters turn out in record numbers for advance polls and party leaders attempt to poke holes in each others' platforms.

Elections Canada said in a news release Tuesday that the four days of advance polling between Friday and Monday set a new record for turnout, with 7.3 million people casting ballots early.

That's up 25 per cent from the 5.8 million people who took part in advance voting in the 2021 federal election.

Following a comprehensive investigation by Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation’s inspection and investigation section, the FALG program was suspended in February for Alberta’s largest cattle financing co-operative, alleging a number of financial mismanagement and regulatory issues.
 
As negotiations continue to reinstate the Feeders Association Loan Guarantee program to the Picture Butte Feeder Co-operative, the provincial cattle feeders association is making its feelings known.