I recently heard an interview that pondered the future of radio with the advent of the internet. The internet was named as the major game changer of traditional modes of communication years ago starting with print media. It certainly has

Cliven Bundy sounds like a name belonging to the star of some backwoods horror flick, but in fact, the name belongs to a very real man starring in a very scary reality show. Bundy, a cattle rancher in Nevada, managed

Irony is a multidimensional word describing the incongruity between what actually happens and what might be expected to happen and this disparity often seems absurd or laughable. It’s fodder for jokes, poems, song and just plain everyday situations that go

Alberta’s government is updating its licence plate – a step I figured might come after the results of the last election. After all, the bottom of the plate says, “wild rose country”. There’s a survey to see which licence plate

Hunting season is upon us again. For some of you, it’s a great time of year because you finally have the chance to get some nuisance animals away from your haystacks. For others, it can be an aggravating time if

My research for the article I wrote last month on the labour situation was a real eye-opener for me. In fact, I think that in an indirect way, it’s the biggest threat to the meat and livestock industry in western

Much has been written about the US Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) legislation and its impact on the Canadian livestock industry. Millions of producer dollars have been spent on lawyers and lobbyists fighting this protectionist scheme. And bureaucrats and politicians

I have, somewhat jokingly, come to refer to Calgary’s Mayor Nenshi as the Messiah or the anointed one. I say this due, not only, to his inflated view of himself but two particular comments he made awhile back. Before I

Running a business in the agriculture industry these days is not cheap. Expenses such as land, feed, cattle, chemical, and fertilizer are only a few of the long list of increasing costs. The small producer is becoming an endangered species,

Certainly by now everyone has heard about the recent BSE infected cow from northern Alberta. If I’m not mistaken, this is yet another case where the infected animal was located in Northern Alberta. Like the last case some four years

Nothing is certain except death and taxes, or least that’s how the popular saying goes. Taxes after death is a reality that many people do not like to discuss, and as a result many opportunities to reduce those taxes often