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Starting today China is implementing a 75.8 per cent duty on Canadian canola seed imports.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced the preliminary ruling regarding their anti-dumping investigation earlier this week. 

The latest tariff on canola seed is in addition to the 100 per cent tariff implemented on Canadian oil and meal back in March 2025.

President and CEO of the Canola Council of Canada, Chris Davison, says China is a highly valued and important market for us, noting they were disappointed with the preliminary ruling.

Five-year survival rates for people with lung cancer have doubled since the 1990s, but the disease still kills more patients than any other type of cancer, a Statistics Canada report said on Wednesday.

The report said the number of people living five years after they were diagnosed jumped from 13 per cent to 27 per cent between 1992 and 2021.

Lung cancer is still responsible for almost a quarter of all cancer deaths in Canada, it said.

Farmer Bill Prybylski says China’s planned tariff on canola seed wasn’t factored into his business equations this year.

The president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan says the 75.8 per cent preliminary duty, announced Tuesday, has already caused canola prices to fall by $1 per bushel.

That translates to a loss of about $200,000 for his farm. 

“That’s a pretty significant financial hit,” said Prybylski, who farms northeast of Regina near Yorkton.

Highwood MLA Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, RJ Sigurdson, is warning of serious consequences for Alberta’s agriculture industry after China announced new tariffs on Canadian canola imports.

The 75.8 per cent preliminary tariff, announced Tuesday (Aug. 12), comes on top of existing 100 per cent tariffs on canola oil, canola oil cake, and peas.

In a statement earlier this week, Sigurdson took aim at the federal government's 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum.

The Okotoks Stingrays Summer Swim Club capped its season with a standout performance at the Alberta Summer Swim Association provincials in Edmonton earlier this month.

Eighteen swimmers qualified for provincials, four more than last year, and Club president Rachel Thompson said the team’s success was evident both provincially and at the regional level.

The Town of High River is giving drivers a heads up about a weeklong lane closure on Highwood Drive.

Ledcor crews are carrying out hydrovac and directional drilling work as part of the ongoing Fibre Connect project.

The northbound lane will be closed at the intersection of High Country Drive and 7 Street NW until Aug. 20.

It will be closed from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. with flaggers directing traffic during that time.

Crews will reopen the lane to traffic each evening.

High River’s Royal Canadian Legion is one step closer to replacing the cenotaph at the Highwood Centre.  

The project is in partnership between the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 71 and the Highwood Memorial Centre Society.  

Tim Whitford, Legion member and Chair of the Highwood Memorial Centre Society, presented a review of the project scope to High River Town Council during the Aug. 11 regular meeting.  

The entirety of Kananaskis Country and Bow Valley are under a Bear Warning.

Alberta Parks issued a Bear Warning for all provincial parks and protected areas within K-Country and Bow Valley, thanks to increased bear activity in the area.

That warning includes Bow Valley Provincial Park, Elbow River PRA, Little Elbow PRA, Sheep River Provincial Park, Bow Valley WPP, Evan-Thomas PRA, McLean Creek PRA, Spray Valley Provincial Park, Elbow Falls PRA, K-Country, and the Peter Lougheed Provincial Park.

The Calgary Police Service (CPS) has charged a man with aggravated assault after a stabbing over the weekend in the city’s southwest.  

Officers received a report of a stabbing on Aug. 9 at approximately 3:20 a.m., that occurred inside a residence on Bridlecrest Manor S.W.   

Inside the residence, one man was found suffering from injuries.  

The Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) has a new chair, elected into the position earlier this year. Scott Hepworth, who farms near Assiniboia with his farmer, moved into the role after the previous chair stepped away from the position.

Having previously been the vice chair at the GGC and currently a director with Sask Wheat, Hepworth is confident they'll be able to meet some of the goals he wants to solve.