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With harvest approaching, farmers will want to start thinking about pre-harvest intervals (PHI) before applying any pesticides and or fungicides to the crop.

The PHI refers to the minimum number of days between a pesticide application and swathing or straight combining of a crop and reflects the time required for pesticides to break down after being applied.

Research finds agriculture waste could be transformed into biogas and fertilizer using bacteria-based techonology

Canadian farms could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions while generating renewable energy by converting agricultural waste into biogas, a McGill University doctoral student says.

Anjaly Paul said anaerobic digestion could transform livestock manure and crop residues that would otherwise decompose in landfills into valuable resources.

A Saskatoon-based company has begun field trials of a replacement for granular peat inoculant.

Peat has been used for decades to inoculate crops such as peas and lentils and is a biological that provides consistent benefits, said Dave Greenshields, who founded Insight Plant Health in 2020.

However, customers are looking for a replacement, he told people attending a recent Canada-Saskatchewan Irrigation Diversification Centre field day.

Alberta's government is creating fines and rules meant to curb predatory tow truck drivers.

Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen says concerns have been raised about tow truck drivers showing up at car accidents and pressuring those involved to unnecessarily accept their services.

Dreeshen says in some cases tow truck drivers charge excessive fees and don't provide necessary information to those whose vehicles are towed.

The Alberta RCMP stated in a Wanted Wednesday post that Dustin Edward Wood is wanted for various crimes, with listed areas of activity including Airdrie and other Alberta communities.

Airdrie Transit will increase weekday and weekend service on local routes starting Sept. 2, while also raising fares across its network.

Local Routes 1 and 3 will operate every 30 minutes throughout the day from Monday to Friday. Evening and Saturday service will also be added on both routes.

Regional Route 900, which connects Airdrie to Balzac and Calgary, will begin operating at 6:15 a.m. to allow for earlier access to CrossIron Mills and Calgary.

Fares will also rise. 

Two Edmonton residents have been charged after RCMP recovered stolen tools in Banff.

On July 25, members of the Southern Alberta District Crime Reduction Unit (SAD CRU), with assistance from Banff RCMP, arrested two people in a vehicle containing power tools stolen earlier in the week from a job site in Ardrossan, Alta.

RCMP said they had received information that the tools were entering southern Alberta and quickly responded, identifying the occupied vehicle.

YYC Calgary International Airport expects to begin a phased reopening of Concourse B in 2027; the news comes one year after a hailstorm caused catastrophic damage and shut the terminal down completely.

Traffic is moving again—albeit slowly—on a stretch of Highway 40 in Kananaskis Country that was closed after a weekend mudslide near the Mount Lipsett Day Use Area.

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The federal government is setting up a safety net of loans, product-development grants and market diversification plans for Canada’s softwood lumber industry in an effort to shield it from the worst of American duties and fees.

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the plan Tuesday, promising $700 million in loan guarantees to address what he called "immediate pressures" and $500 million for long-term supports to help companies diversify export markets and develop their products. 

Carney also promised that future projects will "prioritize" Canadian lumber.