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One person was seriously injured after a small plane crashed on a private airstrip in central Alberta.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says the two-seater was flying Tuesday from Wetaskiwin to Linden, a town about 100 kilometres northeast of Calgary.

The agency says the plane was approaching the rural airstrip when its fixed landing gear hit a fence and flipped.

RCMP say two 82-year-old men were on board.

They say one was airlifted to hospital in serious condition and the other was taken by ground ambulance with minor injuries.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it's dealing with a growing number of immigration security screening requests — and immigration lawyers say their clients are coping with long delays as a result.

The intelligence agency says in its latest annual report it received over 538,000 screening requests from immigration and border officials in 2024. The agency began to see a significant increase in requests in 2023, when it received over 493,200 requests. Before that, CSIS received roughly 300,000 security screening requests annually over the previous five years.

The Okotoks Dawgs are one win away from advancing to the WCBL West Division final after an 11-4 victory over the Brooks Bombers tonight in Game 1 of their semifinal series.

The defending champions came out swinging, building a 6-0 lead before Brooks got on the board with three runs in the fifth. But the Dawgs held firm, tacking on more runs and keeping their title defence on course.

Winners of the last three Western Canadian Baseball League championships, Okotoks remains the team to beat.

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.

If you've been away from town and are getting back into your regular routine, you'll want to refrain from turning onto Glenpatrick Dr. from 5th Ave. A major section is closed that will prevent you from using that route, unless you're destination is Cascade Place.

Work is progressing steadily on the Town of Cochrane’s two-year, $15-million reconstruction of Glenpatrick Drive, with underground utility installations now complete in the second segment of the project.

The Western Canadian Baseball League’s 2025 regular season has wrapped, and the Okotoks Dawgs are once again entering the playoffs as the team to beat in tonight's opening game of the semifinals.

The Dawgs posted their fourth straight 40-win season to finish atop the West Division and secure home-field advantage through at least the first two rounds. They’ll be joined in the West by the Sylvan Lake Gulls, Lethbridge Bulls, and Brooks Bombers.

Between recent heavy rainfalls, Bike Cochrane's upgrade of its popular LaunchPad in the heart of Cochrane is nearing completion.

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.