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Bike Rally held to benefit Youngstown girl

There’s nothing bikers enjoy more than biking for a good cause. The Let’s Ride for Brooklyn Bike Rally, held on Saturday, August 6th, was an excellent opportunity for 49 bikers to get together and have fun.

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Family Fun Day!

Beautiful weather greeted the Oyen Family and Community Support Services as they hosted an outdoor family fun day with a bouncy castle, slip and slide, and snacks…

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Local Food Week

Aug. 14-20 is Local Food Week, an opportunity to celebrate the Alberta producers and processors who make and grow nutritious food for families around the globe.

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Oyen Farmer’s Market

Tanya, the mother of the Ukrainian Family, new to Oyen, provides traditional Ukrainian meal consisting of homemade perogies, borscht soup, and your choice of a Ukrainian dessert…

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The Klarenbach Report, Aug 9

“I am not selling Durum until the price returns to $22 per bushel.” It was January. I was having a conversation with a Durum grower. The ‘fundamentals’ were still bullish with supply levels dropping and the new Durum harvest months away.

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Cut canola later for higher yield

Growers who give canola crops time for all seeds to reach maturity can see a 10 per cent increase in yield. That is why the Canola Council of Canada recommends swathing when the main stem shows at least 60 per cent seed colour change.

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Pop 89: Garden in the sky

“We come from the stars, you know,” I say to my friend Page as he begins setting up his camera to take pictures of the night sky. Nowhere have I lived where the sky is so dense with starlight.

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Cereal Mud Bog

Cereal held their first ever Mud Bog on Saturday, August 6 and without a doubt, this will become an annual event…

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