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Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has announced a $336,858 investment to help small agricultural businesses further expand into grocery and food services.

The federal government is supporting the creation of a certification program that will allow businesses to meet specific trade requirements.

The funding will support GS1 Canada, a not-for-profit association, to develop training tailored to small and micro food enterprises. 

A toddler is thriving after doctors in the U.S. and Canada used a novel technique to treat her before she was born for a rare genetic disease that caused the deaths of two of her sisters.

Ayla Bashir, a 16-month-old from Ottawa, Ontario, is the first child treated as a fetus for Pompe disease, an inherited and often fatal disorder in which the body fails to make some or all of a crucial protein.

Today, she’s an active, happy girl who has met her developmental milestones, according to her father, Zahid Bashir and mother, Sobia Qureshi.

The story of Pte. James Peter Robertson was well-known in Peter Harris’s family.

During the First World War, the Canadian soldier singlehandedly took out a German machine-gun nest at Passchendaele. He then led his unit to their objective before a shell killed him while he was trying to save a comrade.

Now, Harris is hoping his namesake great-uncle's story will become more widely known by the rest of the country.

Police have arrested a woman for stealing from a Sherwood Park yoga studio. 

Back in July, Strathcona County RCMP was called to Modo Yoga Studio on Premier Way after reports that a woman walked in during a class and stole multiple wallets and a set of car keys. The vehicle that belonged to the keys was also stolen out of the parking lot. 

Edmonton resident Michelle Ulrich, 32, has been arrested and is facing the following charges: 

The 2022 growing season brought its own set of challenges for producers depending on the crop you grow and your location. 

Those challenges varied from wet conditions early on to another dry growing season in other areas.

Daniel Metheringham, is Vice-President of Agriculture at McCain Foods says potato growers faced those same challenges.

After the snowfall earlier this week, Strathcona County has declared a parking ban.

The ban will go into effect Wednesday (Nov. 9) at 5 p.m. and applies to collector roads marked with a permanent snow route sign.

After the ban is declared, residents are given 24 hours to remove their vehicles from the street to allow for safe snow removal.

Parking is permitted after the snow has been removed, but vehicles parked on collector roads during the ban will not just be towed, but the owner will also be issued a $250 ticket.

Strathcona County RCMP Municipal Drug Unit (SCMDU) has arrested five people in relation to numerous drug trafficking charges.

Two of the five also face charges of possessing an illegal handgun.

SCMDU has been investigating drug dealing activities for several months. It was this investigation that led to the arrest of the five people.

As part of the investigation police searched a residence in Edmonton and found the following:

The Brothers Grimm's age-old tale of Hansel and Gretel is coming to the Shell Theatre in Fort Saskatchewan.

The play, put on by Missoula Children's Theatre, premieres on Friday (Nov. 11) at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Around 30 members of the cast and crew are children from Fort Saskatchewan.

Hansel & Gretel tells the story of a brother and sister who fall into the hands of a witch who lives in a house made of candy and gingerbread. Little do the siblings know, the witch has a dark secret.

The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) says a portion of the Anthony Henday has reopened after a collision. 

In a release, police stated the incident was affecting eastbound lanes of the Henday at the Campbell Road bridge.

Allegedly, a pick-up truck rear ended a slow moving semi.

A 33-year-old driver of the pick-up was taken to hospital by paramedics with serious but non-life threatening injuries. The semi driver was not hurt.

The Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame officially welcomed four inductees Saturday at a ceremony in Toronto as part of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.

CAHF President Ted Menzies says this year marks their 60th Anniversary.

The 2022 inductees are Maurice Delage, Mabel Hamilton, Dr. Digvir Jayas and Ashok Sarkar.

Portraits are on display in the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame Gallery located at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.

Maurice Delage – Agribusiness leader, hybrid canola visionary