Industry

Amid a standoff with China, Ottawa announces financial support for the beef industry

CALGARY -- Federal agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, announced in Calgary on Wednesday (July 10) that $8.3 million will be used for six projects that will help support Canada's world-class bee...

Jul 10, 2019 Southern Alberta Feedlot -- LethbridgeNewsNOW

Legal pot price as much as 80 per cent more than illicit

OTTAWA -- The average cost of a gram of cannabis from the illicit market continues to drop as legal prices rise - with authorized retailers charging as much as 80 per cent more, according to an analys...

Jul 10, 2019 Pot Plant -- The Canadian Press

Alberta to hold $2.5-million public inquiry into funding for oilsands foes

CALGARY - The Alberta government is holding a public inquiry into funding of environmental campaigns it says have prevented the province's resources from getting to new customers.Premier Jason Kenney ...

Jul 05, 2019 Jason Kenney -- The Canadian Presss

CN Rail on pace for record movement of western Canadian grain after strong June

WINNIPEG - Canadian National Railway says it is on track to move record quantities of western Canadian grain after a strong June.The country's largest railway says it transported more than 2.3 million...

Jul 02, 2019 Grain Cars - Photo credit to CN website

From Canola to expanded suspension of Canadian pork exports by China

MONTREAL -- China is targeting another Canadian pork producer by temporarily halting imports allegedly over food safety issues.The decision follows the reported discovery of ractopamine, a food additi...

Jun 19, 2019 Pigs feeding - courtesy of the Canadian Pork Council

Nominations sought for ABP Environmental Stewardship Award

CALGARY -- There are many deserving candidates across Alberta but, they are not likely to toss their own dusty and sweat-covered hat into the ring. For that reason, the Alberta Beef Producers are aski...

Jun 15, 2019 Cattle in the field - LethbridgeNewsNOW

Petroleum Analyst says carbon tax isn’t working

CALGARY -- The Federal Government says their version of the carbon tax is to hit the Alberta beginning in the new year, and drivers can expect to see gas prices go right back to where they were before...

Jun 15, 2019 Gas pumps

Alberta gives update on Energy War Room

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Alberta is ready to fight back.That is the message Premier Jason Kenney is sending to those who have attacked the oil and gas industry, as he provided more information about the pro...

Jun 07, 2019 Pump Jack

Kenney promises constitutional challenge if Bill C-48 is passed

EDMONTON -- Premier Jason Kenney says he is deeply disappointed the Senate has voted not to kill the Trudeau government's bill to ban oil tanker traffic in the environmentally sensitive waters off nor...

Jun 07, 2019 Jason Kenney - LethbridgeNewsNOW.com

U.S. Court lifts block on Keystone XL pipeline construction

HELENA, Mont. - An appeals court has lifted a judge's injunction that blocked construction of the Keystone X-L oil pipeline from Canada. But it's not clear whether the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal...

Andrew Snook Jun 07, 2019 Pipeline - The Canadian Press