Airdrie

On May 21, the Rocky View Schools (RVS) Board of Trustees met with the Honourable Martin Long, Minister of Infrastructure, and members of his team.

According to RVS, the Board shared key information about RVS, highlighted our top infrastructure advocacy priorities, and presented potential solutions aimed at streamlining the school construction and approval process.

"It is critical for RVS that new schools are built and ready to welcome students, staff and the community as quickly as possible."

The City of Airdrie has installed its portable skate park on the east side of the city.

The park is located at the East Lake south parking lot, shared Jeff Hughes, who is the Operations Coordinator for the City of Airdrie Parks Department.

"It's the second year for our portable skate park. The first year was in the Ron Ebbeson Arena parking lot."

He shared that many residents enjoy having a second park.

"We have the in-ground, large skate park over on the west side (at Chinook Winds). Some residents like having one on the east side as well."

More than 67 per cent of the drugs seized during a month-long cross-country Canada Border Services Agency operation were coming into Canada from the United States, the agency says.

Operation Blizzard took place from Feb. 12 to March 13 and targeted illegal drugs and precursor chemicals transported by mail, air cargo or marine container, the CBSA said in a news release Wednesday. The agency said it focused on shipments going to the United States.

Prime Minister Mark Carney fielded questions about the trade war with the United States and his decision to delay the federal budget to the fall as he faced his first question period grilling in the House of Commons Wednesday.

Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer welcomed Carney to the House before launching into a question about Canada's response to U.S. tariffs.

"This is where democracy lives, and this is where we provide rigorous scrutiny on every word he says and every dollar he spends," Scheer said.

Construction has begun on the Highland Park Fire Station and Training Centre, a 26,000-square-foot facility intended to serve Airdrie’s northeast and support both operational deployment and firefighter training. The facility, which broke ground on May 12, is scheduled to open in November 2026.

Green grass means that pasture turnout is right around the corner. The to do list gets longer than the days do. Checking fence to remove any fallen trees, repairing stretched or broken wires; make sure the water system is operational, and the water itself is safe for the livestock to drink. It all happens before animals can be moved to their summer home. 

This week's crop report shows provincially 85 per cent of the crop is in the ground; that is up from last week's report of 57 per cent and ahead of the 5-year average of 69 per cent. 

Oilseed Specialist Sonia Wilson puts together the weekly crop report and says most of the spring wheat, oats, barley, as well as grain and silage corn have gone in, while progress is also being made on the other crops.

Analysts say Agriculture Canada may have to cut its ending canola stocks estimate in half in response to booming exports

It is highly unusual to see a red number in the sea of black on Agriculture Canada’s monthly Grains and Oilseeds Supply and Disposition report.

But it happened in the May report when the department penciled in minus 609,000 tonnes for its canola feed, waste and dockage (FWD) number for the current crop year.

The best defence against flea beetles in canola is a fast-growing, uniformly emerging crop with five to eight plants per square foot that quickly reaches the four-leaf stage. However, unpredictable weather often forces growers to rely on plan B: foliar sprays.

To reduce the need for multiple sprays, consider these strategies.

Spray when flea beetles are active

Wheat prices would get a boost if the country’s exports remain as low as much of the trade is beginning to forecast

A big debate is once again brewing about how much wheat the world’s leading exporter will ship out in the upcoming crop year.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is forecasting Russia will produce 83 million tonnes of the crop and export 45 million tonnes.

SovEcon is forecasting 81 million tonnes of production and 39.7 million tonnes of exports.