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CN's assistant vice president of grain David Przednowek says they set a new record for grain shipments out of Western Canada in February. 

"We shipped 2.4 million tonnes of grain and processed grain products during the month. Volumes that we shipped by container, of course, in addition to that. The previous record best February was 2.2 million tons back in February 2021."

He says within the month of February, they had three weeks in a row, grain shipment weeks 27-28-29. where they actually set individual records for those shipment weeks.

Stats show that food price inflation between January 2022 and January 2023 was 11.4 percent.

Consumers report switching to cheaper brands, buying products on sale and flyer price comparison shopping and going where the price is the best instead of retail loyalty.

Anthony Durocher, the Deputy Commissioner of the Competition Promotion Branch told the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food committee that on October 24th they launched a market study of grocery store competition in Canada.

Meet Jude White, Fort Saskatchewan's Disney expert.

Jude is a Grade 5 student at Southpointe School with an autism spectrum disorder. His trivia knowledge of Disney and cinema has his classmates and teachers amazed.

His mother, Tanya, said that he can recite the actors, dates, and even production companies with every Disney film.

"He's gone through different phases of how involved he is, but Pixar and Walt Disney Animations were some of the first words he ever spelled," said Tanya. "He started writing these out before he even talked."

Strathcona County has decided not to go through with creating a bylaw that would attempt to tackle the theft of catalytic converters.

The idea came up in October when Strathcona County council was looking into ways to deter the theft and illegal possession of catalytic converters.

There’s a big winner somewhere in Alberta outside of our major cities.

A Lotto 6/49 ticket picked up in Alberta has a new millionaire but so far that ticket has not been claimed.  

Western Canadian Lottery Corporation says the ticket was purchased somewhere outside of Edmonton and Calgary and exactly matched the winning number in Wednesday’s Gold Ball draw (29731883-01), netting a $1 million windfall. 

The Strathcona County Hodgepodge Lodge is officially in its new building, but what does that mean for residents?  

The reuse centre has been around the community since about 2017 but, before now, it was operated out of a tiny shack. 

The new building allows for not only more space, but more ways to help connect residents with useful materials. 

Here are the five things you need to know about the Hodgepodge Lodge. 

Where is the lodge? 

The Hodgepodge Lodge is located at the Broadview Enviroservices Station in Sherwood Park on 101 Broadview Road.

The Canadian Cattle Association Executive Vice President Dennis Laycraft says they are close monitoring the proposed 'Product of USA' or 'Made in the USA' labelling program for meat, poultry and egg products. 

"When you look at what they're proposing, they've not only taken what were the elements in the mandatory Country of Origin Labelling rule, but they've expanded it to include processed in the US. Which would also affect some of our other exports down there."

The U-S is proposing new voluntary "Product Of USA" Or "Made In The USA" labelling for meat, poultry and egg products. 

Canada will be monitoring the process closely as there's a growing concern that this may be similar to the mandatory Country of Origin Labelling legislation they had on fresh beef, pork and lamb.

Canada and Mexico launched a WTO challenge over m-COOL that resulted in the U.S. removing the labelling requirements for beef and pork.

With the recent news of a brutal attack during a 'buy-and-sell' interaction in Sherwood Park, how can you prevent this from happening to you? 

Meeting strangers off the internet to buy and sell items carries a lot of risks as criminals could use the opportunity to rob you with the expectation that you have either valuables or cash on hand. 

Luckily, local RCMP has some ways of helping prevent this kind of crime. 

Natural Products Canada (NPC) has released its Canadian Game Changers Report.

The report identifies over 100 companies powered by women in the natural and bio-based industries.

NPC is the driving force behind Canada's Natural Product Innovation Cluster - which recognizes the development and commercialization of naturally-derived products and technologies in health and life sciences, natural resources, agriculture and agri-food, and sustainable bioproducts.