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Kochia is becoming more of an issue for farmers as it continues to build herbicide resistance.

Dr. Charles Geddes is a Research Scientist in Weed Ecology and Cropping Systems with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Lethbridge.

He says it's now safe to assume all kochia is Group 2 resistant, with Glyphosate resistance (Group 9) building as well.

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According to Environment Canada, smoke in the area is coming from several forest fires in Alberta and British Columbia. 

The majority of the smoke in Fort Saskatchewan is coming from our neighbouring province.

Danielle Desjardins, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, says the smoke may not be around much longer.

"We do have this change in the weather patterns, so it's going to become a little bit more unstable, which should ventilate some of that haze in the next coming days."

A Morinville man has been arrested after being caught with stolen catalytic converters on St. Albert Trail. 

Early Wednesday (Oct. 19) morning, St. Albert RCMP conducted a late-night patrol and noticed a blue GMC SUV with its license plate covered with a piece of cardboard.

According to police, they stopped the SUV and identified the driver as Terry Pitts, a 49-year-old resident of Morinville. Pitts was on multiple conditions from previous release orders, including not being allowed to drive a vehicle. 

An RCMP officer who was fatally stabbed Tuesday in a park in Burnaby, B.C., was there to notify the occupant of a lone tent that he wasn't allowed to live there, police said Wednesday. 

Sgt. Timothy Pierotti of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team told a press conference that Const. Shaelyn Yang, 31, volunteered to work on a mental health and homeless outreach team and she was helping a city worker deliver the news to the man, he said. 

The Fort Saskatchewan fire chief has offered more details on how the fire department responded to last weekend's fire in Woodsmere Close. 

Todd Martens, who has been serving as chief in the community since last year, addressed some online speculation that only two firefighters initially responded to the blaze. 

The city released a statement that the total crew that fought the fire consisted of seven Fort Saskatchewan firefighters and four Strathcona County firefighters. 

Prairie Gardens & Adventure Farm is praising the community for its support over the last few months. 

A turbulent year, which saw the farm close in the summer and reopen in late September, threatened to completely destroy this year's harvest. 

Tam Andersen, the owner of Prairie Gardens, says things were looking pretty dire. 

"About three weeks in, we were still closed, Fort Sask was frosted," said Andersen. "We thought 'holy moly we need to get the harvest in' so we just put the call out [on social media]." 

Wild birds are believed to be the primary source of the disease.

The number of cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza continues to increase in commercial and non-commercial poultry flocks across the prairies. 

Since the beginning of September, Manitoba has reported 15 cases, Saskatchewan 14, and Alberta 19.

Poultry producers and small flock owners are being reminded to follow all necessary biosecurity protocols to protect their flocks from the disease. 

People are being encouraged to keep birds indoors, if possible, during migration. 

Bad political blood appears to have been running hot through the crisis response to the "Freedom Convoy" that gridlocked Canada's capital city, the testimony of the city's former police board chair revealed Wednesday. 

And new evidence suggests that police forces were planning ahead for a weeks-long event even as Ottawa's then-chief of police privately speculated that they'd be gone after a couple of days. 

Gas prices have been fluctuating in the area recently. 

This is where to get the cheapest gas around, according to GasBuddy.com at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday (Oct. 19).

Fort Saskatchewan:

• UFA: $1.295 per litre (plus tax)
• Fas Gas: $1.629 per litre
• Shell, Petro-Canada, No Frills, and CO-OP: $1.639 per litre

Sherwood Park:

• Husky: $1.529 per litre
• Esso: $1.579 per litre
• Costco: $1.589 per litre

Edmonton: