Strathmore

The Government of Alberta will be testing its emergency alert system on Wednesday, May 7.

According to a social media post by Rocky View County, the test will be sent out just before 2 p.m.

"It’s only a test, but it’s also a great opportunity to check in with your household and talk about what you would do in a real emergency," wrote the county.

The county also recommends that residents download the Alberta Emergency Alert app on their phones.

Drumheller councillor Lisa Hansen-Zacharuk passed away over the weekend.

The town announced her passing through social media, saying that she passed after a "long and courageous battle with cancer".

Hansen-Zacharuk was first elected to Drumheller Town Council in October 2010 and served on several community boards.

“Lisa wasn’t just a colleague, she was a dear friend,” said Mayor Heather Colberg. “We shared two terms on Council together, and her passion for this community was second to none."

Abbey Norek of Gerald is this year's Agriculture Student Scholarship grand-prize $6,000 winner.

Norek's winning video highlighted an urban-rural disconnect when it comes to agriculture. 

She proposed education and advocacy as key solutions to this issue. 

In her video presentation, she talked about her experience building a school garden using recycled materials, leading outreach programs on her family farm, and lobbying for agriculture electives in her school division.  

Southern Alberta farmer has long-standing issues with supply-management system for smaller egg producers like himself.

A southern Alberta egg producer who had been jailed for missing a court date for violating the provincial laws governing egg production has passed a premises inspection by Egg Farmers of Alberta.

Henk Van Essen said an inspector only spent a few minutes inside his operation before coming back out and telling him he was in full compliance.

“They were so sure they were going to find thousands of chickens in this barn,” Van Essen said.

Seeding is kicking off across the province. And whether you're already putting in fertilizer, or still fine-tuning your plan, it’s important to make informed decisions when it comes to your inputs for the season ahead.

New products are everywhere on the market and choosing the right ones can determine profitability and long-term success for your farm. I’m going to talk about one group of products that gets a lot of attention -- micronutrient fertilizers.

Alberta's government says three children are in intensive care in hospital after contracting measles.

A health ministry spokesperson declined to disclose their ages, citing privacy concerns.

At a news conference Monday, Dr. Sunil Sookram, Alberta's interim chief medical officer of health, said there have been no deaths.

Sookram said the risk of getting the highly contagious disease in Alberta is at its greatest point in almost 30 years.

Jessica Sevick, an Olympian originally from Strathmore, returned to town to attend Hype for Hospice on Sunday, May 4.

Sevick competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she took home a silver medal for her work in rowing. 

"I actually started rowing because I tore my ACL playing recreational soccer, and I got recruited by my physiotherapist who said that I should try it because it's not impact, and I was tall and jacked," said Sevick.

She joined the Calgary Rowing Club in 2016 to "make new friends and get a hot bod".

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.