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A young girl trying to educate people on agriculture seems to have won her battle with YouTube.

"Learning About Ag With Mady" relates life on the family farm at Kindersley.

Ten-year-old Mady started her own YouTube channel last year in an effort to help educate people on where their food comes from.

"I recently had a video taken down by YouTube. As you know I participate in and share about farming practices on our farm always learning alongside an adult ensuring everyone's safety."

It's a big weekend for Strathcona County.

The county is hosting the 2023 Special Olympics Winter Games this weekend, with the opening ceremony at Millennium Place on Friday (Feb. 24) at 7 p.m.

Friday's lone sporting event is bowling, which starts at 2 p.m. at Sherwood Bowl. Day two of bowling starts at 7 a.m. on Saturday.

The games continue with curling at the Glen Allen Recreation Complex at 8 a.m. on Saturday before snowshoeing events are underway at the Strathcona Wilderness Centre just a half hour later.

During the trip 26 Canadian representatives met with more than 220 current and potential customers in Japan, Malaysia, and Vietnam.

Brian Innes, Executive Director with Soy Canada says there’s nothing like being face-to-face to share and understand how we deliver value for our customers.

"The enthusiasm we saw this year shows the value of our market development investment and how we can grow the value of our industry in the future."

Participants Soy Canada heard firsthand the quality specifications customers are looking for when purchasing soybeans.

A Morinville martial artist brought home bronze from the Canada Winter Games last weekend.

Although his journey into the sport began as a youngster, 16-year-old Dylan Weiss has been training hard for the national competition for about a year.

"I started with karate because I was interested in self-defense. The more I progressed, I just developed a love," Weiss said. "I've just been giving it my best until I found out fairly recently that I had made the team for the Winter Games."

Canada's Ambassador to Ukraine said she woke up with a sense of apprehension about what the day would bring, as the country marked the start of its second year of war since the Russian invasion. 

For most Ukrainians Larisa Galadza has spoken to, the anniversary of the invasion is not a day for reflection, as they're still living it day to day, she said. 

"There is no space for reflection," Galadza said, sitting in a boardroom in the Canadian Embassy in Ukraine's capital city of Kyiv on Friday.

"I find that for myself as well."

Richardson ground squirrels or gophers can be a major problem for farmers and ranchers.

The adults tend to emerge in early Spring as the temperature warms up and they are only above ground for about four months.

Saskatchewan's insect and vertebrate pest management specialist Dr. James Tansey says the males tend to appear two weeks before the females, and it's the adult females that you really want to target prior to the litters.

Pink Shirt Day was a huge success yet again this year.

On Wednesday (Feb. 22), The BGC Fort Saskatchewan crew took to the North Central Co-op Food Store for a special day to highlight the anti-bullying movement in our community. 

Dozens of children were in attendance for the event, which included cupcakes, a cheque presentation, and even a proclamation from Gale Katchur, mayor of Fort Saskatchewan. 

Strathcona County RCMP is warning residents of a rise in scams involving grants and loans.

These scams take many forms, such as an advertisement or even direct messages.

Recently, police say they've seen people being contacted through Facebook messenger by a friend telling them about a free grant from the government. 

These messages are actually sent by scammers who have hacked into the Facebook account.

During the process of getting the grant, the scammer will ask for personal information and an upfront fee, which is where they get the money.

Morinville may see a change in its speed limits in the coming months.

This speed limit change is one of several proposed in the new traffic safety bylaw during the town's council meeting last Tuesday (Feb. 14).

The change would see the town's residential speed limit of 50 km/h reduced to 40 km/h. This change would apply to all roads except 100 Avenue, 100 Street, and Cardiff Road.

Costs to develop the plan and replace all street signs would total $17,500.

This new bylaw is meant to replace the current traffic safety bylaw, which was enacted in early 2013.

Oleh His marches with pride and purpose in rain-soaked mud through row upon row of large white polyethylene bags, each stamped with a Canadian logo and filled to bursting with this year's harvest of grain.

The 24-year-old grain farmer with a slight build, fair hair and braces is also a volunteer with the Ukrainian military. He splits his time between running the family farm and sourcing money and supplies for the front.

When Russia invaded Ukraine last year, His knew right away he would have a problem.