Airdrie

Farm Credit Canada is extending its trade disruption support program for canola producers impacted by the ongoing trade disruptions.

Last week, China implemented a 75.8 per cent tariff on Canadian canola seed imports.

FCC's President and CEO Justine Hendricks says the agriculture and food industry is resilient, but global trade uncertainty can create real pressure on cash flow and operations.

CN Rail submitted its 2025-26 Grain Plan to Transport Canada at the end of July.

CN's Assistant Vice-President of Grain, David Przednowek, says the grain plan is based on what CN knows from customers and other stakeholders about the volume of grain and processed grain products that it expects to move over the course of the 2025-26 crop year.

A citizen initiative petition asking Albertans whether the province should remain in Canada has been issued by Elections Alberta, with signing locations in several communities, including Airdrie.

The petition, proposed by former Progressive Conservative deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk, was issued July 30. The question reads: “Do you agree that Alberta should remain in Canada?”

Calgary logged 162.1 millimetres of rain in July, the highest total in Alberta, according to Environment Canada.

“Calgary was the wettest one across the province, with 162 millimetres, basically 162.1 millimetres of rain,” meteorologist Crawford Luke said. “After that, the second highest station we had was Pincher Creek, with 127.4.”

Environment Canada’s official weather station for the Calgary region is located at the international airport, which also serves as the reference point for Airdrie forecasts.

Albertans have until Sept. 16 to share feedback on draft terms of reference for a new management plan for Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park, Alberta Forestry and Parks says.

The ministry said preliminary engagement opened Aug. 5 in partnership with the Glenbow Ranch Park Foundation.

Some Airdrie families will see a Canada Child Benefit payment hit their accounts on Wednesday, while recent research shows parents are facing steep back-to-school expenses.

The Canada Revenue Agency says the monthly benefit will be issued Aug. 20 to eligible households with children under 18.

After a summer of rodeos, dinosaurs and door-knocking, Pierre Poilievre is now officially heading back to Ottawa as a Conservative member of Parliament for Alberta.

The Tory leader will represent the sprawling rural riding of Battle River—Crowfoot, in the province's eastern region, after winning a byelection on Monday. 

"Getting to know the people in this region has been the privilege of my life," Poilievre told a crowd at a victory party in Camrose, Alta., on Monday night. "In fact, I've had a hell of a lot of fun."

Air Canada and the union representing its flight attendants have reached a tentative deal to end a strike that began on Saturday morning.

The airline said it will gradually begin operations Tuesday.

The two sides met through the night with a federal mediator before reaching a tentative agreement that will be brought to members of the Air Canada component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

"Your right to vote on your wages was preserved," the union said in a post on its website announcement the end of the strike.

With two weeks until Airdrie students return to class, parents are facing what a national report says represents more than $4 billion in annual retail spending on back-to-school.

The research, released June 18 by analytics firm Caddle in partnership with the Retail Council of Canada, surveyed 1,211 parents of kindergarten to Grade 12 students. The survey was conducted in May.