Rebecca Dika

Reading Time: 3 minutes “No measurable moisture was recorded in much of the area for most of the month of June. Whatever we did get was more like a heavy dew” So far, when it comes drought disasters, Peace district municipalities are holding off joining the ranks of other jurisdictions – but only just. Record-dry conditions have prompted a […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes “We tend to think that northwestern Alberta has been a bit left behind due to circumstances” Fairview College Notes Fairview College began as a School of Agriculture and Home Economics in 1951 Western Canada’s first Animal Health Technologist program began here in 1974, becoming certified by the Canadian Veterinary Association in 1978. Over the years, […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes “Other seed companies started asking for fescue, and dad got thinking that it would be a good business he could do for himself.” Foster’s Seed and Feed, a long-established business in the Peace area, last month officially opened the doors of a newly acquired franchise for two equipment manufacturers. Lexion combines and Bourgault seeding and […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes “If it hadn’t been for the support of all the individuals that came forward, this wouldn’t have happened” AF contributor After a sparring contest that spanned two years, Ray Strom is pretty content. He and his legal counsel were prepared to take their case to the Supreme Court of Canada, but he says logic prevailed. […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes “The bill is all about fairness to landowners and is meant to strike that balance alongside orderly project planning for their government.” AF contributor Bill 19 – the Land Assembly Project Area Act – kicked up a cacophony of dissent across Alberta in recent weeks. Its alleged failings have been heard at length in town […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute AF contributor A new group hopes to unite grassroots efforts to be a voice for Alberta landowners in the legislature. As well as taking on Bill 19, the United Landowners of Alberta (ULA) will be challenging government ownership of coalbed methane. Director Don Bester says the ULA was founded in 2008 when group of landowners […] Read more

Reading Time: 4 minutes AFE contributor When they name a school after your father, it might be considered a hard act to follow. But it’s not like Art Macklin to ever let anything slow him down. Besides, his passion to “be involved” is something he learned from the hand of his dad. After some four decades of involvement, Macklin […] Read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes AF contributor With much of the Peace country declared an agricultural disaster area this summer, harvest results are decidedly better than expected. Although the counties of Grande Prairie, Saddle Hills, Birch Hills, Clear Hills and municipal districts of Fairview and Spirit River declared themselves disaster zones, yields haven’t been as bad as feared, says David […] Read more