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Statistics Canada reporting total producer deliveries of major grains in the Prairies for the month of March was 6.1 million tonnes up from the 4.6 million tonnes moved in February.

Total wheat and durum deliveries in March hit 3.2 million, oats 249 thousand, barley at 484 thousand tonnes, rye was 20 thousand while flaxseed numbers hit 39 thousand tonnes.

Total canola deliveries were at  2 million tonnes.

March stats for canola seed crush totaled 922,944 tonnes, with 384,817 tonnes of oil and 545,922 tonnes of meal produced.

With the consistent warm weather lately, it's only a matter of time before the iconic sheep return to Fort Saskatchewan.

The sheep have been delighting visitors and trimming the grass in parks around the city for the last 30 years.

"The sheep return as part of our Legacy Park Family Festival where we host a sheep returning parade," said Arthur Lewandowski with The City of Fort Saskatchewan.

The definitive date of the sheep's return is on June 3, and the sheep will remain in Fort Saskatchewan until September 4.

Lamont County is mourning the loss of their longest-serving firefighter. 

Robert 'Bob' Mitchell, who joined the Lamont Fire Department at the age of 18 as one of its founding members in 1951, passed away earlier this week at the age of 90. 

His start with the fire department was by chance. 

"I guess there was a big fire in Lamont, and they didn't even have a fire department back then so they asked him at 18 if he would consider joining the fire department, they were going to make one, and he did," said Koreen Mitchell, Robert's daughter. 

You may not realize it but the province has more than eight million acres of grasslands, forests, riparian areas, and wetlands located on Crown land that can be used to graze livestock.

The Rangeland Grazing Framework focuses on how grazing fits into Crown Land and integrated land management practices.

Crown rangelands support 14 per cent of the province's beef herd.

As cattle graze the land they help to maintain healthy watersheds, wildlife habitats, and diverse plant and wildlife populations, and sequester carbon.

The Canadian Transportation Agency has released the information they'll be looking at in determining the Maximum Revenue Entitlement (MRE) for the railways in 2023-24.

The Maximum Revenue Entitlement limits the overall revenue earned by CN and CP for shipping grain, if the railways go over that cap they must pay a penalty to the Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF). 

The Cyber Eagle Silver senior robotics team left the world championships as the best robotics team in Canada.

The world championship was in Houston, Texas over the weekend, and featured 192 teams competing against each other, having their robots complete a variety of tasks.

Ben Loewen, captain of the team, said that this wasn't their first time competing on the world stage.

"This was our second time going, and it's always great," said Loewen. "But this year was extra special because we did so well."

The opportunity to take part in the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) consultation survey on Canada's Seed Regulatory Modernization is set to close May 1, 2023.

Farmers and others in the seed sector are encouraged to take part in the discussion and submit any recommendations they may have about the future of our seed system. 

The Jubilee Recreation Centre (JRC) will be undergoing some major renovations over the next few years. 

This comes after the city unanimously approved $16.5 million in funding for the project at Tuesday's (Apr. 25) city council meeting. 

Residents can expect some pretty extensive changes to the 58-year-old facility as a result of the renos. 

"The project will remove all the support spaces from the existing arena," said Grant Schaffer, the director of fleet, facilities, and engineering for the city. 

The Josephburg Men's Chorus & Bells in Harmony will be performing in Fort Saskatchewan next Saturday (May 6). 

The group, which has been around since the 1980s, was greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down in-person gatherings for things such as choir singing. 

Fittingly, this upcoming event is called 'Happy Together: An Evening of Pop Rock Classics' and will take place at the First United Church. 

"We are pretty excited to be back performing," said Donald Carter, a longtime member who sings bass with the choir. 

The cash price for hogs has been lower than expected in 2023.

Paul Marchand is the Senior Risk Management Analyst with H@ms Marketing Service.

He says there are a couple of key factors pressuring cash prices significantly. 

Exports are higher than they were a year ago,  (but not as high as they were in 2021) and we're also dealing with much higher supplies than what the USDA anticipated in their quarterly Hogs and Pig Report in the summer.