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The Alberta Canola Producers Commission released the results of its call for farmer representatives for the Board of Directors.

Nominations closed at the end of October with one nomination coming in for Region 1, four nominations for Region 4, one nomination in Region 7, and no nominations for Region 10.

The two canola producers elected by acclamation are Christi Friesen from Brownvale representing Region 1, and Paula Law from Lacombe for Region 7.

The rising cost of farm inputs is the reason it cost producers more to put the 2021 crop in, and farmers want to know why?

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan is calling on the House of Common's Standing Committee on Agriculture to investigate the rising costs of farm inputs.

APAS President Ian Boxall says stats show that 2021 was the most expensive year ever for Saskatchewan farmers.

Icy road conditions likely played a factor in the drop in cattle moving through Auction Marts last week.

Canfax reporting 31,782 feeder cattle sold in Saskatchewan where feeder steers and heifer prices were mostly down across all weight categories

Provincial Cattle Specialist Fonda Froats says calf prices peaked in the last couple of weeks and now we're into that typical seasonal decline:

A former premier of Alberta has been added to the list of over a thousand Canadians banned from entering Russia.

Russia's Foreign Ministry announced Monday that 100 more Canadians have been added to the list of people banned from entering the country.

Ed Stelmach, premier of Alberta between 2006 and 2011, was one of the names added. The ministry says Stelmach and the 99 others were banned because of involvement in the "formation of (Canada's) aggressively anti-Russian course."

Strathcona County RCMP is currently investigating a scam that involves selling timeshares.

According to police, many of these timeshare scams involve someone pretending to be a real estate agent who claims they're interested in negotiating a deal with a timeshare.

These scammers are going to great lengths in appearing real — they'll use the information of reputable businesses, creating fake websites and official-looking documents.

A foreign supply of children's pain and fever medication should land on Canadian retail shelves in the coming weeks, Health Canada said Monday.

The agency, which had previously announced it was importing acetaminophen and ibuprofen to be distributed to hospitals, said the new retail supply should help families struggling to treat their sick children. 

The move follows a months-long shortage of Tylenol, Advil and alternative brands that has sent many parents and caregivers scouring bare shelves and swapping tips on drug sightings. 

Earlier this month Alberta wheat and barley farmers voted in favour of amalgamation.

Alberta Wheat Commission Chair Greg Sears says he would have liked to see higher voter participation, but is happy with the results.

He says now they have to work with the Alberta Government's Marketing Council to establish new regulations and legislative mechanisms for the new commission to exist. 

"It does actually require us building a new commission, with new bylaws, and basically starting from square one with the new commission."

The "Freedom Convoy" protests that took over downtown Ottawa last winter and inspired several border blockades caused serious concerns about Canada's international reputation and its economic security, senior Canadian officials say. 

Their testimony Monday evening at the Public Order Emergency Commission, along with new documentary evidence, suggests diplomats were getting anxious questions and forceful pleas from United States officials worried about the halt of trade by protesters blocking key border crossings.

A new chief medical officer of health has been appointed for Alberta to replace Dr. Deena Hinshaw.

A press release from the province has announced Dr. Mark Joffe will step into the role. Joffe is currently the vice president and medical director for Cancer Care Alberta, Clinical Support Services, and Provincial Clinical Excellence for Alberta Health Services.

Millions of people have fled Ukraine in one of the fastest-growing displaced citizen crises since the Second World War. 

In September, Alberta schools found that more than 2,200 registered students were Ukrainian refugees. That has prompted the government to contribute $12.3 million towards language, social, and educational support for those new students.