The next Alberta provincial election will take place on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. With each election cycle comes the possibility of new Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs), new Ministers and a new Premier, along with electoral boundary changes. Since 2015, the Honourable Oneil Carlier, MLA for Whitecourt-Lac Ste. Anne, has served as the Minister of…
Alberta Pork and Alberta Agriculture and Forestry hosted a town hall teleconference on March 13 for over 150 producers and industry partners, related to the discovery and investigation of the porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus in our province this year. Alberta Pork continues to work closely with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry to prevent the disease…
Starting March 1, 2019, Alberta drivers seeking a Class 1 (tractor trailer) licence are required to complete Mandatory Entry-Level Training (MELT) to apply for their licence. New drivers working in agriculture now have until November 30, 2019 under the existing process to earn a Class 1 licence and will have until March 1, 2020 to…
Last week, we announced a third and fourth case of the porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus, a disease that causes diarrhea and vomiting in pigs, had been discovered at separate hog operations in Alberta. Today, we are clarifying that the third case was a false positive. As of now, we can confirm three outbreaks of…