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Alberta Open Farm Days is back this weekend!

It's a showcase of everything Alberta's ag producers have to offer, which is a whole lot.

Open Farm Days reached out to us here at The Eagle 100.9 to see if we wanted to try a few of the products being made here in Wildrose Country.

Of course, we responded with an enthusiastic and unequivocal "Yes."

Here's what they included in the care package:

The Canadian Entrepreneurs' Incentive program is undergoing some changes, but agriculture groups say that's not enough to help out farmers.

That's meant to help out small business owners with a tax break, but that's been out of reach for many farmers.

Kyle Larkin, the Executive Director at the Grain Growers of Canada, says now that's been changed but it may not be enough.

With strike action looming on the horizon railways in Canada are likely to be stopped next week.

CN and CPKC are both set to lock out workers on the 22nd, the date that a possible strike was set for by the Canada Industrial Relations Board.

Vice president of grain for CN Rail David Przednowec says that the current labour situation is taking up a bulk of the current conversation in the industry.

The Wild Rose Carnival is back in High River, and they've also brought some motocross daredevils to town.

The carnival returns with the rides, the games, and the carnival food you'd expect this Friday through Sunday.

The Town of Okotoks will be doing some maintenance on the pools at the Recreation Centre soon.

Jennie Bruch, who is the Team Lead for the Aquatic Centre at the Rec Centre, says this is annual routine maintenance, which happens at the end of each summer.

Unfortunately, though, this maintenance will cause the pools to close.

The Town of Okotoks will be providing a safe place to drop off expired and unused medication this weekend.

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 17th, Town staff will be onsite at No Frills in Okotoks, where people will be able to anonymously discard any unwanted medications for free.

Conservation Educators from the Town will be onsite alongside pharmacists to make sure that all of the medications dropped off are disposed of safely and securely.

The wagons hit the track in Rocky Mountain House last night in the final WPCA event before the World Championships at the end of August.

But it wasn't High River's Jason Glass' night as he ran into 7 seconds of penalty trouble in heat #9.  He would've finished in 3rd overall without the penalties.

Glass was docked five seconds for his checkered wagon knocking over a barrel and another two seconds because an outrider missed a barrel.

The Abbotsford Canucks of the American Hockey League (AHL) have announced the signing of former Okotoks Oiler Zach Okabe on August 14.

Okabe was originally born in Fukuoka, Japan, and spent his early years in Australia, but grew up in Okotoks during his high school years, playing in their minor hockey system. He is the fourth Japanese-born player to take part in an AHL season in the league's history.

The federal government says the Ukrainian army can use military equipment provided by Canada inside Russia.

A spokesperson for National Defence says Canada places no geographic restrictions on military equipment donated to Ukraine.

The statement comes after Ukraine launched a surprise military offensive into Russia earlier this month. 

The attack is unprecedented for its use of Ukrainian military units on Russian soil.

Ottawa has committed $4 billion in military assistance to Ukraine through 2029.

The 2024 WCBL Finals start with a Dawgs 7-4 victory over the Moose Jaw Miller Express in game one of the best-of-three series.

Seaman Stadium hosted Thursday's game which saw Calgary Flames Head Coach Ryan Huska throwing the ceremonial first pitch to open up the championship final.