-Livestock producers are hoping the Prime Minister holds to his promise to "do more if needed" when it comes to helping farmers. Yesterday the feds announced just over 250-million dollars for the beef, pork, grain and horticulture sectors, with some of the money going t...

-Last week the Canadian Federation of Agriculture asked the feds for 2.6-billion dollars so farmers can pay their bills, as they've been heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Livestock producers in particular have been impacted by shut downs and scale backs at processing p...

-We're getting word that the feds are supposed to announce financial support for farmers today. As soon as we know what it entails, we'll let you know, but details usually come out around 9:15am. Last week the Canadian Federation of Agriculture asked the government for 2.6-bill...

-Unions and the people who support them are "up in arms" today as some workers head back to their jobs at the Cargill plant in High River after it was closed down for two weeks following an outbreak of Covid-19. An Alberta Health task force has been working with plan...

-The provincial government came out with its plan this afternoon for a "phased relaunch" of the Alberta economy. Premier Jason Kenney says they're doing this while respecting all the guidelines outlined by the Chief Medical Officer of Health. Alberta Health Services...

-The Canadian Federation of Agriculture has asked the feds to set up an ag and agri-food emergency fund worth 2.6-billion dollars to maintain food security in the country. But officials with the CFA say this should only be seen as the first phase of emergency funding and th...

-Despite the modeling looking better, Alberta saw a big jump in the number of Covid-19 cases yesterday. More than 3-hundred new ones, while seven more people died. At this point, there are more than 51-hundred confirmed cases. -Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, ...

-More companies in the country are starting to import beef because the Canadian supply chain can't get anything done with shutdowns and scale backs at processing plants in this country due to outbreaks of Covid-19 among plant workers. Both McDonalds and Sobeys are importing...

-As of this morning, there are more than 49-thousand confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Canada and the latest model is predicting that more than 38-hundred people could die from the virus by May 5th. ************************************************************************************...

More than 10-thousand businesses have already applied for the federal wage subsidy program. It will cover 75-percent of each employees' wage if their employer has seen a 15-percent revenue drop since early March because of Covid-19. It's up to a maximum of 874-dollars a week...