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49th Annual Aggie Days in Full Swing

Calgary, AB — The Calgary Stampede’s Aggie Days are back and bigger than ever. It returns for its 49th year, and it is expected to draw in over 40,000. Aggie Days is aimed at people from urban areas to learn about life on the farm and where their food comes from; it’s an excellent rural…

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Ottawa, provinces sign internal free trade agreement

From Robert Arnason – The Western Producer For years, Canada pursued and successfully completed a free trade deal with Europe. Now, after decades of complaints about interprovincial barriers, the federal government and provinces have agreed upon a new deal for internal trade. On Friday morning, the governments unveiled what is being called the Canadian Free…