Statistics Canada posts 2026 Ag Census questionnaire


The 2026 Census of Agriculture questionnaire has now been published on the Statistics Canada website.

The census is conducted every five years with the last Agriculture Census being done in 2021.

For the 2026 Census of Agriculture, new categories have been added under the commodity questions to identify emerging agricultural products. 

Questions on agricultural practices have been expanded to include environmental practices and environmental sustainability.

Federal Agriculture Minister to visit Calgary Stampede

The Calgary Stampede is officially underway, along with the rodeo, midway and live entertainment... the event also showcases agriculture and Alberta's ranching history

It's a chance to step back in time and experience life on the farm and ranch, with the Vintage Tractor Pull and Blacksmith showcase;  to the Heavy Horse, Cutting Horse, and Team Cattle Penning competitions; Chuckwagon races, to the Junior Steer Classic, the International Youth Livestock Supreme Championship and Scholarships, the World Stock Dog Championships, and International Livestock Auctioneer Championships.

Foot-and-mouth disease bank one step closer

Industry is applauding the federal government’s progress toward a foot-and-mouth disease vaccine bank after it awarded supply contracts to two companies.

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health and Biogenesis Bago SA will supply vaccine products and develop the vaccine bank.

Canadian Cattle Association Saskatchewan director and former Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association president Garner Deobald, who formerly worked for Boehringer, said both companies are well respected and were good choices.

“I think it is important, for sure, to be ready,” he said.

Grande Prairie RCMP arrest youth in taxi stabbing

On June 28, 2025, around 2 a.m., Grande Prairie RCMP responded to a call regarding a taxi driver who had been stabbed in the stomach.

The victim was transported to the hospital with serious injuries but has since been released.

Grande Prairie RCMP General Investigation Section (GIS) took carriage of the investigation, assisted by Grande Prairie General Duty members and Alberta RCMP Forensic Identification Services.

Thanks to a series of search warrants, a youth suspect was identified and subsequently arrested on July 5, 2025.

Premiers Danielle Smith and Doug Ford to sign agreements in Calgary

The premiers of Alberta and Ontario are set to meet in Calgary today to sign two memorandums of understanding.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says she and Ontario Premier Doug Ford will sign agreements on energy priorities, trade and interprovincial co-operation.

The pair were together at a roundtable in Calgary on Sunday, with Ford tweeting that they discussed how to build new pipelines, as well as rail lines to export Canadian critical minerals and energy.

Smith also bumped into Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Calgary Stampede on Saturday.

'What are you doing here?': Carney makes first Stampede visit as prime minister

Canada's new prime minister, best known as a buttoned-down banker, donned a cowboy hat and toured the stables Friday evening at the Calgary Stampede.

Over an hour-long tour winding through the rodeo grounds, Mark Carney crawled into a tank, snacked at food stations and posed for dozens of selfies, marking his first visit to the Stampede as prime minister.

10 girls, 1 counsellor still missing from Camp Mystic as death toll rises to 82 in Texas floods

The search continues in the Texas Hill Country after catastrophic flooding left at least 82 people dead, including 28 children, and dozens more missing over the weekend.

Among the missing are 10 girls and one counsellor from Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp for girls located on the banks of the Guadalupe River.

Politicians overstating benefits of scrapping internal trade barriers: think tank

A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is dismissing moves by the federal government and Canada's premiers to break down internal trade barriers as little more than "political theatre."

It lands just ahead of the country’s internal trade ministers meeting in Quebec City this week, where they are expected to talk about their next steps as they rush to remove rules hampering cross-provincial trade.

More soldiers, more money. Canada's top soldier extols benefits of spending boost

Canada’s top soldier is looking forward to a boost in military spending that includes a pay raise for military personnel at a time when uncertainty on the world stage is high.

NATO leaders — including Canada — have approved a plan to dramatically increase defence spending across the Western alliance to five per cent of gross domestic product over the next decade.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said the move to five per cent of GDP — 3.5 per cent for core military spending and 1.5 per cent for defence-related infrastructure — will take place over the next 10 years.