A new partnership between Wheatland County and Rocky View County has formed to improve resiliency throughout the Rosebud River watershed by working with landowners to improve riparian health. The partnership,Read More »
Health Canada has announced a three-year phase out of the rodenticide strychnine, leaving some producers concerned about future gopher control. Strychnine, a neurotoxic alkaloid, is used as a poison toRead More »
While Wheatland County remains clubroot free according to recent surveys, producers should still watch for signs of the plant disease, according to Wheatland County’s manager of agricultural services. Clubroot, aRead More »
Some Wheatland County landowners have extra dollars in their pocket thanks to a county program that pays them for taking lands out of production to provide “ecological services.” The program,Read More »
Social distancing is the rule of the day. Health experts stress it’s the only way to “flatten the curve” of COVID-19 and avoid making a bad situation worse. Public healthRead More »
A local teen is missing, prompting police to ask residents to keep an eye out for her and report any information about her whereabouts. Sierra Black Kettle, 15, was lastRead More »
While the risk of developing COVID-19 remains low in Alberta according to medical experts, organizations throughout Strathmore and Wheatland County are ramping up preventative measures against the virus. The provinceRead More »
The county’s emergency medical services organization is enacting additional control measures to better respond to situations involving the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. Wheatland EMS responds to thousands of emergency calls eachRead More »
Hello Chestermere-Strathmore. We are in the middle of something we have never seen before, and before we get into the meat of this article, I must say that I haveRead More »
Local businesses are feeling the widespread effects of COVID-19 and are working to help stop the spread, even if that means shutting their doors. Each day as the virus spreads,Read More »
The Strathmore Overnight Shelter (SOS) is sustaining visitor health amid recent COVID-19 supplies shortages. “There’s a high demand for supplies,” said SOS Executive Director Elizabeth Karp. “You can’t find anything.”Read More »