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A new alternative protein option is being developed for health-conscious markets.

Protein Industries Canada announced a new project today to bring new protein products to Canadians with special nutritional requirements. 

The project involving Enhanced Medical Nutrition (EMN), Acenzia, and Gruppo Nutrition will create alternative plant-based protein options to meet the quality, sensory, and muscle health benefits of whey protein isolate.

The Canadian Cattle Association is calling for a revision to the 2013 Beef Cattle Code of Practice.

New information, technology, and advancements in the beef sector have occurred since the code was originally released.

As a result, the industry, general public, and other interested individuals are being asked to participate in a top-of-mind survey relating to the welfare of beef cattle.

The information will be used to help in the development of an updated version of the code.

On April 26, 2024, at approximately 2:30 p.m., Red Deer RCMP received a report of a suspicious vehicle located in a parking lot on the north side of Red Deer. When members arrived, a traffic stop was attempted, but the suspect then rammed the officers police vehicle fifteen times. Following this, the two suspects attempted to flee on foot, but were quickly arrested.

Tia Kikoak (27), a resident of Red Deer, has been charged with fifteen offences including:

The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) has released its Volume-Related Composite Price Index (VRCPI) for the railways.

The VRCPI was increased by 5.39  per cent for CN to 1.9281 and 6.49 per cent for CPKC to 1.8760  for the new crop year beginning August 1st.

The index is an inflation factor determined by detailed railway submissions and reflects a composite of the forecasted prices for railway labour, fuel, material, and capital purchases.

The Western Hockey League announced today the Red Deer Rebels have been awarded the Jim Donlevy Memorial Trophy as the WHL Scholastic Team of the Year for the 2023-24 season.

The WHL Scholastic Team of the Year Award was renamed in honour of Jim Donlevy, longtime WHL Director, Education Services, who passed away in August 2019 following a courageous battle with cancer. This marks the fourth occasion on which the Jim Donlevy Memorial Trophy will be presented to a WHL Club since its dedication.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency Seed Regulatory Modernization Survey is set to wrap up May 1st.

The online survey covering seed crops only opened in February as part of the CFIA's efforts to modernize the Seed Regulations.

The CFIA is looking for input from businesses, farm organizations, the seed and grain sector, farmers, seed growers, analysts, developers, and conditioners.

Anyone interested in variety registration, sampling, testing and grading of seed, or the sale, import and export of seed is encouraged to participate.

Starting today (May 15) and running until September 15th, certain areas of Sylvan Lake will require visitors to pay for their parking.

Between the hours of 10:00 am and 9:00 pm, those using designated parking must pay:

• $3.00/ hour
• $30.00/ day (in parking lots)
• $126.50/ annual parking pass
• Have a visible disabilities placard? Persons with disabilities park free in designated disability parking spaces.

Here is a map of the parking areas and cost associated to the lot.

Today is the last day for local farmers to sign up as a host farm for Alberta Open Farm Days.

Open Farm Days is a two-day event in August that gives consumers an opportunity to learn where their food comes from and learn about the agriculture industry.  

Grain movement on CN Rail lines has been fairly consistent over the last few weeks.

CN's Assistant Vice-President of Grain says demand remained strong right through April.

David Przednowek says we haven't seen that seasonal drop-off for seeding, but that could be because spring seeding has been slow to develop.

Farm Credit Canada has been studying farmland rental rates as compared to farmland values.

Data shows the national rent-to-price ratio in 2023 was 2.52%, reflecting a negligible decline from the previous year. 

FCC Senior Economist Justin Shepherd says in 2023 we saw some fairly strong farmland value growth across the prairies, especially in Saskatchewan as well as Manitoba,
while Alberta had a little bit slower growth, but it was still positive.