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On this day in 1971, mens and womens fencing teams competed at Mount Royal Collegiate during the Canada Winter Games held in Saskatoon.

On this day in 1955, the new mercury-vapour lights were photographed and compared to the old incandescent lights on Second Avenue.

On this day in 1949, the new, up-to-date Saskatchewan Wheat Pool mill started operating in Saskatoon.

One hundred years after the founding of the once-mighty Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, the time might be ripe for a revival of Prairie farmer co-operatives.

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A US$8.2-billion merger between U.S. company Bunge Ltd. and Viterra Ltd. will create a global agricultural giant in an industry that has already seen a significant amount of consolidation in recent... | June 14, 2023

This year marks the centennial of one of the most remarkable stories in Alberta’s economic history. That was the adoption in 1923 of mass cooperative marketing of grain as a solution to the major economic problems faced by Alberta’s grain producers. Since agriculture was the backbone of the Central Alberta economy, the development had a huge impact.

About our MP Peter Kent was first elected to the House of Commons representing Thornhill in 2008 and sworn into Cabinet as Minister of State of Foreign Affairs, responsible for the Americas. Re-elected in 2011, Peter was appointed Canadas Environment Minister and served in that capacity until July, 2013.  In October, 2013 Peter was elected Chair of the House Standing Committee on National Defence.  In October, 2015 Peter was again re-elected as MP for Thornhill and appointed Deputy Critic for...

  EDMONTON -- The Alberta Wheat Pool Grain Elevator in the Town of Sexsmith has been designated a municipal historic resource by the province. The announcement was made on Thursday. Thanks to the new designation, the elevator is now eligible for grants from the province, the County of Grande Prairie, and the GP Rotary Club, which will make it possible to repaint the building and replace the roof. Alberta Wheat Pool built the elevator in 1961, and received an extension in 1978. In 2004, it...