If the number of candidates is an indication, there is strong interest in the upcoming municipal elections in the six municipalities Respect serves. There are 15 people seeking election to the mayor or reeve position in their respective communities, including already-acclaimed Bonnyville mayor Elisa Brosseau. The County of St. Paul has four candidates vying for […]
Everybody eats. And so everybody has to buy food. But not everybody knows how their food is produced. How is it grown, how is it processed? Is it healthy? Is it even safe? This weekend’s Alberta Open Farm Days set out to put people’s minds at ease by welcoming the public onto farms and downstream […]
“Welcome to agriculture and Mother Nature,” said Janice Boden, the M.D. of Bonnyville’s manager of agricultural services. Boden was commenting on the dry conditions that have affected crops and pastures in the area, leading the M.D. to declare a state of agricultural disaster. Despite a promising spring, rainfall in the past few weeks has not […]