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A moist growing season caused ergot disease in several cereal crops this year. Ergot is a fungal infestation and symptoms include purple or black discolouring, hardened bodies produced in place of kernels and are generally found in threshed grain.

As your Member of Parliament, I was very pleased with the huge crowds that turned out on Remembrance Day in communities large and small all across our riding.

Not sure what to give someone on your gift list this Christmas? For less than the cost of a cup of coffee a day, you can give someone a puppy, but they won’t have to feed it or take it for walks.

Two local municipalities earned provincial accolades for their partnership agreement at the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMDC) convention, held Nov. 15 to17 in Edmonton.

Langdon School Playground Committee needs your help. The organization is in the running to receive $450,000 from the Aviva Community Fund competition to complete the second phase of its $1.

Wildrose Alliance leader Danielle Smith drew more than 350 people to a party fundraiser in Airdrie, Nov. 17.

A 15 per cent increase will be tagged onto Crossfield water bills as the Anthony Henday Water Treatment Plant begins work on twinning the lines from the facility. The increase will bring the base cost of water from $1 to $1.15 per cubic metre.

If you haven’t seen the viral Youtube video yet, you should take a look. In a nutshell, it shows Health Superboard CEO, Dr.

The Airdrie RCMP executed a search warrant in the Prairie Springs neighbourhood of Airdrie and seized 181 marijuana plants with a street value of about $225,000, Nov. 10. The warrant was executed without incident; no one was home at the time.

Rocky View Schools (RVS) has been awarded more than $17,000 for the Greenstart Project from the Hellmann’s Real Food Movement grant.