Airdrie

Karen Dommett, a sports administrator who previously worked with Olds College athletics, has been appointed executive director of the 2026 Grey Cup.

The 113th edition of the CFL championship is scheduled for Nov. 15, 2026, at McMahon Stadium.

Dommett most recently served as general manager of the 2024 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games in Calgary and was manager of athlete services for the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer.

Sunday was the annual Know Where to Turn Run in Airdrie, and it brought in much-needed funds.

The mission of the run is to support family violence services and supports in Airdrie and the surrounding areas.

Elizabeth Wyczynski, Community Relations Specialist at Community Links, explained it was a cold day, but well worth it.

"This was a huge year, record-breaking sponsorship levels, record-breaking participation. We had a total of 341 participants."

A head-shaving fundraiser brought in much-needed donations for Tails To Tell Animal Rescue in Crossfield.

On Sunday,  Edna Jackson, the hero and mentor of the shelter, had a goal of raising $1000.

"Just at the shelter alone, we brought in $800. In total, we're near the $3,000 mark now," shared Colleen Holden, board chair for the rescue.

According to Holden, she gave Jackson the good news of how much was raised on Sunday.

She was so ecstatic. It means the world to her. The shelter is her life, and she couldn't thank everybody enough."

Airdrie's Inspire (the new multi-use facility and library) is reaching new milestones each week.

Last week, the signage was revealed on the east side of the building.

According to the city, earlier this month, Inspire is still expected to be ready to open by September of 2025. The parade and landscape grading have also been a recent priority for the project.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is reporting the presence of AI in three non-commercial poultry flocks in Saskatchewan last week, in the RM of Indian Head, the RM of Colonsay, and the RM of Lipton.

To date, one case has been found in a commercial poultry operation in Manitoba in the RM of Wallace.

Previous occurrences have been found in Ontario and Nova Scotia.

Most poultry and egg production operations already have biosecurity measures in place, but producers who maintain small flocks, should look at enhancing their on-farm biosecurity measures.

Prime Minister Mark Carney will have to navigate a delicate balance during his first in-person meeting with Donald Trump today, following months of the U.S. president targeting Canada with tariffs and taunts.

Carney and Trump will meet at the White House and the prime minister has said he expects "difficult, but constructive" conversations.

Carney has said the meeting will mark the beginning of a larger economic and security agreement between Canada and the United States.

Newly elected Conservatives and returning MPs are set to meet in Ottawa this morning as the party charts its path forward after last week's election loss to the Liberals.

Leader Pierre Poilievre, who lost his bid to continue representing the riding of Carleton after 20 years as the area's MP, will not be in the House of Commons when it opens later this month.

In a video posted on social media Monday afternoon, Poilievre says he has a lot to be thankful for after the election, including an expanded coalition of Conservative voters.

 Alliance will remain a 'standalone' brand under Canterra ownership.

The lone remaining shareholder in a pedigreed seed company formed by a group of independent grain handling companies in Western Canada is selling that business to another Prairie seed firm.

Canterra Seeds announced May 1 it has acquired Alliance Seed for an undisclosed amount, and will continue to operate Alliance as “a standalone brand under Canterra Seeds’ umbrella, with key staff transitioning to maintain continuity and customer relationships.”

SASKATOON — Canada has far fewer green peas than the government is reporting, says an analyst.

“Purely from a price perspective, markets believe the Canadian harvest was smaller than estimated by Statistics Canada,” Stat Publishing noted in a recent article.

Using crop insurance data, a “strong argument” can be made that growers planted 358,000 acres of green peas last year, well below Statistics Canada’s 463,000-acre estimate.

Stat believes the area has been over-reported since 2021.

Root rots are the number one disease issue for pulse crops, significantly impacting pea and lentil fields across the Prairies.  Studies show that the disease which thrives in warm, wet conditions can cause a yield loss of anywhere from 60 to 84 percent.

Last year, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture conducted a pulse disease survey, which focused on the root rot disease complex.