The Community Press

Heather Cameron, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The 2024 Farming Smarter Conference held recently at the Sandman Signature Lethbridge Lodge involved Carlo Van Herk from Farming Smarter giving a presentation titled Canola Chronicles: Testing Seeding Systems, which showed how he led the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) strip till canola project. Van Herk said…

Qiam Noori, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Alberta Health Services (AHS) has expanded dialysis services at the Wetaskiwin Hospital. According to an AHS press release, the satellite hemodialysis unit was previously open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. six days a week. Now, with the expansion, it is open seven days a week. AHS said the…

Dean LaBerge, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter With an early start to the 2024 wildfire season in Alberta after an unseasonably warm and dry winter, many of the province’s residents may be feeling somewhat apprehensive about what the spring and summer might bring. With this in mind, the provincial government’s announcement on March 1 (the traditional…

Heather Cameron, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The 2024 Farming Smarter Conference, which was held recently at the Sandman Signature Lethbridge Lodge, included a presentation from Professor of Environmental Science at the University of Lethbridge, Dan Johnson titled “Hoppers be Hopping” that was about the reoccurring hordes of grasshoppers and how natural controls can be used…

Jessica Lee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Valerie St. Pierre Smith sees your Converse shoes and raises you an Indigenized pair adorned with intricate beadwork and patterns. The Indigenous Haute Couture – Digital Embellishments residency, a four-week program at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, is empowering a diverse array of Indigenous makers and designers…

Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The decision by Alberta to regulate counsellor therapy through the College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP) will not meet the urgency of mental health care required by Indigenous populations in the province. Letters sent from Treaty 6 and Treaty 8 nations in February to provincial ministers Dan Williams (mental health…