Strathmore

Alberta RCMP are looking for a suspect wanted for several crimes throughout Alberta.

As part of the Wanted Wednesday program, officers shared an image of Dustin Edward Wood, saying that he's known to frequent Strathmore, Brooks, Airdrie, Okotoks, Black Diamond, Sherwood Park, Irricana, Langdon, and Beiseker.

Police believe that Wood was last seen in Calgary.

Officers ask that residents do not approach Wood if he is spotted, and instead call your local police detachment.

Administrators say federal government needs to build more trust into the Advance Payment Program

Administrators of the Advance Payments Program say Ottawa should stop treating farmers as if they are going to default on repayments.

They said the application process should be streamlined and the program made simpler and more consistent.

Dave Gallant, vice-president of finance and APP operations at the Canadian Canola Growers Association, said the CCGA administers about $2.5 billion in advances each year on behalf of the federal government.

One person was seriously injured after a small plane crashed on a private airstrip in central Alberta.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says the two-seater was flying Tuesday from Wetaskiwin to Linden, a town about 100 kilometres northeast of Calgary.

The agency says the plane was approaching the rural airstrip when its fixed landing gear hit a fence and flipped.

RCMP say two 82-year-old men were on board.

They say one was airlifted to hospital in serious condition and the other was taken by ground ambulance with minor injuries.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it's dealing with a growing number of immigration security screening requests — and immigration lawyers say their clients are coping with long delays as a result.

The intelligence agency says in its latest annual report it received over 538,000 screening requests from immigration and border officials in 2024. The agency began to see a significant increase in requests in 2023, when it received over 493,200 requests. Before that, CSIS received roughly 300,000 security screening requests annually over the previous five years.

With harvest approaching, farmers will want to start thinking about pre-harvest intervals (PHI) before applying any pesticides and or fungicides to the crop.

The PHI refers to the minimum number of days between a pesticide application and swathing or straight combining of a crop and reflects the time required for pesticides to break down after being applied.

Research finds agriculture waste could be transformed into biogas and fertilizer using bacteria-based techonology

Canadian farms could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions while generating renewable energy by converting agricultural waste into biogas, a McGill University doctoral student says.

Anjaly Paul said anaerobic digestion could transform livestock manure and crop residues that would otherwise decompose in landfills into valuable resources.

A Saskatoon-based company has begun field trials of a replacement for granular peat inoculant.

Peat has been used for decades to inoculate crops such as peas and lentils and is a biological that provides consistent benefits, said Dave Greenshields, who founded Insight Plant Health in 2020.

However, customers are looking for a replacement, he told people attending a recent Canada-Saskatchewan Irrigation Diversification Centre field day.

Real Canadian Wrestling (RCW) held its Stampede Smackdown over the weekend.

The event took place on Sunday (Aug. 3) night at the Strathmore Family Centre and included several wrestling matches featuring both new and returning talent.

The event concluded with a "Strathmore street fight" tag team match featuring Old School Violence, which includes Strathmore-based wrestler Steve Wilde. In the match, Wilde reclaimed the tag team championship belt after losing it earlier this year.

There were a ton of musical performances during the Strathmore Stampede long weekend.

There was the Emerging Artist Showcase, which featured the music of indie artists from around the area.

On Friday (Aug. 1) night, there was the Friday Night Round-up Concert, featuring country star Tyler Joe Miller. 

The annual Strathmore Stampede Parade took place over the weekend.

The parade featured over 100 floats, one of the largest turnouts in Stampede history.

Tyler Hille, CEO of Rocket Grid Marketing, expressed happiness with the way the parade went.

"It was a fantastic weekend. We're really happy with the way everything turned out, the way the community came together, as it always does at Stampede, which was cool to see."