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Meat costs continue to rise for many people across Canada, as prices have stayed high since they began rising at the start of the year.

That was caused by a drought last year which had farmers selling off cattle thanks to low stocks of water and feed.

Now we're still feeling the effects of that price increase, and many consumers are looking for ways to avoid that increased price at the grocery store.

One way to do so is to go partways on cattle and to have that animal processed at an independent meat business.

Police have laid impaired driving charges after a local woman was killed in a collision. 

On Friday (Aug. 19), at around 7:30 p.m., Cochrane RCMP and emergency services were dispatched to a two-vehicle collision involving a motorcycle and SUV on Highway 1A by Morley Road. 

The driver of the motorcycle, identified as 53-year-old Samantha Wylie of Fort Saskatchewan, died on the scene. 

As a result, the driver of the SUV, 33-year-old Morley resident Kendra Bigstony, faces numerous charges, including:

Dozens of violations were recorded during a traffic safety initiative on rural highways.

Throughout the day last Thursday (Aug. 18), officers from the Redwater RCMP detachment, Redwater RCMP Provincial Traffic Unit, Sturgeon County Peace Officers, and Thorhild County Peace Officers teamed up on a traffic safety initiative focused on Highway 63 and Highway 28.

From 8 a.m. until 4 p.m., police issued 75 violations, including 42 speeding tickets – with the highest speed clocked at 143 km/ hr.

On March 8, nearly two weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, Taisiia Mokrozub took her infant son, parted from her husband and joined an exodus to safety in Poland. She believed the war would end quickly and she would be home by May.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the government is open to easing regulatory requirements for projects that would facilitate the export of Canadian natural gas to Europe, but questioned whether a business case exists for such investments.

The comments came Monday during a joint news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Montreal as the prime minister hosted the German leader during a visit that will also include stops in Toronto and Newfoundland.

Fort Saskatchewan Community Hospital (FSCH) has reopened obstetrical services and resumed deliveries.

Alberta Health Services (AHS) pushed the care to the Sturgeon Community Hospital in St. Albert due to the absence of regular and on-call obstetrician coverage at the local hospital.

In a release, AHS thanked residents of Fort Saskatchewan for their patience.

"We are also grateful for the support provided by the staff and physicians at Sturgeon Community Hospital through this period," AHS added.

The closure was put in place on Aug. 6. 

Representatives from Argus Media and LeftField Commodity Research recently toured the Prairies to get a better idea on this years crop quality and production. 

The Western Canadian crop tour involved two cars traveling about 2000 kilometres each, visiting about 40 farms during the first week of August.

Jonathan Dreidger, Vice President of LeftField Commodity Research says based on producer comments and random plot counts they have been able to come up with some early yield estimates.

Lawmakers and advocates in the United States are ramping up the pressure on the federal government to ease travel delays between the U.S. and Canada. 

The Canadian American Business Council's new campaign, "Travel Like it's 2019," aims to flood federal MPs with public demands for action. 

It calls on Ottawa to scrap the troublesome ArriveCan app, a mandatory pre-screening tool for visitors to Canada. 

And it wants the federal government to clear the backlog of 350,000 applications for the Canada-U.S. trusted-traveller system known as Nexus. 

Police have provided an update on a collision in Sturgeon County. 

Just after 8:30 a.m. Monday (Aug.22) morning, Morinville RCMP were called to a three-vehicle collision on Highway 28, just south of the Highway 37 intersection. 

According to police, a northbound pickup truck crossed the centre line and collided head-on with a gravel truck; a semi-truck was side-swiped due to the collision. The pickup truck driver, a 73-year-old man from Sturgeon County, was transported to the hospital by ground ambulance. 

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