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Alberta is raising the individual and joint membership loan limits for the Feeder Associations Guarantee Regulation.

The changes excluding advances will increase the loan limits from $2 million to $3 million.

Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation RJ Sigurdson says the amendments ensure thousands of producers across the province have access to the capital they need to keep producing beef.

The impact of the ongoing BC port strike is having major implications.

Nutrien announced yesterday that it has curtailed production at its Cory potash mine due to the loss of export capacity at the Port of Vancouver's Canpotex Neptune terminal.

Ken Seitz, Nutrien’s President and CEO says if the strike continues it could also impact production at their other potash mines in 
the province. 

Fort Saskatchewan will be the place to be for world-class fiddle music this weekend. 

The 39th Annual Grand North American Fiddle Championship will be setting up shop at the Comfort Inn and Dow Centennial Centre (DCC) from July 13 to 16. 

"You get to support so many people in our community playing music and supporting the arts," said Melanie Doderai, a local fiddler teacher and volunteer for the event. "We are one of the largest competitions within Canada." 

Strathcona County RCMP seized a cache of guns and drugs at a Sherwood Park traffic stop late last month. 

On June 29, police conducted a traffic stop on Highway 216 near Baseline Road. Officers were unable to identify the driver and, as a result, detained a man who appeared to have cocaine on him. 

A search of the vehicle found the following items:

Strathcona County RCMP is looking for a suspect in relation to an arson that took place late last month.

On the morning of June 28, the RCMP were told of a fire at a rural residence by the Strathcona Fire Department.

There was one person in the home at the time of the blaze who managed to escape unharmed.

Investigators from the fire department worked with police to determine that the fire was started on purpose.

The newly built walkway under the Highway 15 bridge has been struck with vandalism.

The vandalism was spotted earlier this month by Fort Saskatchewan resident Tamee Dumont. She posted about the graffiti on the Fort Sask Informed Facebook group.

Alongside the walkway, graffiti can be seen showing ableist and homophobic slurs alongside anti-police sentiment.

The dramatic vote to remove RoseAnne Archibald as the first female leader of the largest First Nations advocacy organization in Canada "was not taken lightly," its interim chief told a gathering on Tuesday, while some continued pushing for the ousted leader to be reinstated.

Joanna Bernard, a regional chief from New Brunswick who was tapped to serve in the role temporarily, addressed the Assembly of First Nations for the first time since Archibald's dramatic removal.

Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) says people should get another COVID-19 vaccine booster in the fall if it's been at least six months since their last dose or COVID-19 infection. 

It says the booster doses will be new formulations updated to target more recent, immune-evasive variants. 

NACI continues to strongly recommend that anyone five years of age and older who hasn't yet been vaccinated should be immunized with a primary two-dose series of an mRNA vaccine. 

Over the last few weeks, farmers have been busy with spraying operations whether it's for weeds, insects, or disease.

Dr. Tom Wolf, known to many as the nozzle guy, says the most important thing is always to get the product on target:

The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) has charged a man with the alleged murder of another man at the Belvedere LRT station over the weekend. 

On Sunday night, officers were sent to the station to respond to a weapons complaint. Upon arrival, they discovered a dead man with suspicious injuries. 

Homicide detective took over the scene and an investigation resulted in the arrest of 27-year-old Jamal Wheeler who is now facing a charge of second-degree murder.