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The USDA released its July WASDE (World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates) report on Tuesday.

Dan Basse is President of AgResource Company in Chicago.

Strathcona County has launched Project Tensor (traffic enforcement, noise/speed offence reduction) for the second summer.

The program runs between late spring and early fall, with over 600 violations issued in 2021 alone.

Enforcement officers are focusing on vehicles that create excessive noise as well as stunting, speeding, and equipment restriction violations.

Inspector Vito Disciglio of Strathcona County Enforcement Services says they're expecting to be busier than before.

Canada's drug regulator approved Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for infants and preschoolers, making it the first vaccine approved for that age group in the country.

Health Canada now says the Moderna vaccine can be given to young children between the ages of six months and five years old in doses one-quarter the size of that approved for adults.

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is expected to provide advice on its use later today.

Hockey Canada says it is in the process of making changes. 

Whether those moves will be enough to satisfy the general public, fans, federal government and corporate sponsors remains to be seen. 

The sport's under-fire national federation made a series of announcements in an open letter to Canadians published Thursday, including the reopening of a third-party investigation into an alleged sexual assault involving members of the country's 2018 world junior team. 

The federal government says it will provide more than $35 million during the papal visit to Canada to support Indigenous communities, organizations and residential schools survivors. 

Pope Francis is set to travel to Alberta, Quebec and Nunavut from July 24 to 29. The papal visit is to include public and private events with an emphasis on Indigenous participation.

If you missed this year's biggest and brightest supermoon, you should get another chance to check it out. 

A clear sky is forecasted for the local area on Thursday (July 14) night to see the Buck Moon, which will stick around until Friday morning.

The moon is named after male deer, as their antlers are in full growth mode at this time of the year. 

According to the Old Farmers Almanac, the moon is closer to earth than any other moon in 2022. 

When a daring construction crew entered a century-old hut in the Rockies on the first day of its takedown, they lit the fireplace one last time and discussed for an hour the gravity of what they were about to do.

"The whole crew knew the grandness and the sadness of what we were doing," said Sean Alexander, the manager of the construction crew that last month took apart the Abbot Pass Refuge Cabin. It straddled the Continental Divide and the Alberta-British Columbia boundary about three kilometres above sea level and was the second-highest structure in Canada.

Canada's Bison Industry will see new funding to help expand and grow its reach. 

Federal Agriculture Minister Marie Claude Bibeau announced an investment of over $133,611 during the International Bison Convention.

Local artist Jenie Thai is set to play at this year’s Edmonton Folk Music Festival.  

Thai was born in Thailand and raised in the Hu Haven subdivision of Sturgeon County. She and her siblings attended school in Fort Saskatchewan.  

“We grew up right on the river. I felt like I always had a nice balance of getting to grow up in the country but then I was still close to the Fort,” explained Thai.

Be on the lookout for a scum-looking substance in bodies of water this summer.

Water that contains blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, can pose a health risk, especially in young children, the elderly and pets.

“Prevention is better than cure. That is why we provide recommendations and advise to avoid all contact with blue-green algae,” said Michael Zakhary, a medical officer of health with Alberta Health Services (AHS).