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March 1, 2026

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Farmers Urged to Practice Safety Around Grain Bins

Craig Lester November 14, 2025

AgSafe Alberta’s Jody Wacowich says staying alert to safety, especially when climbing on grain bins, needs…

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AgSafe Alberta Increasing Awareness about the Importance of Respirators

Craig Lester December 28, 2024

AgSafe Alberta has developed some new educational tools around respirators to make sure farmers can breathe…

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AgSafe Alberta Launches Farmer Care Level 4: Emergency Preparedness

Tim Parent November 30, 2024

In Level 4 of AgSafe Alberta 's Farmers Care Program, farmers will be introduced to emergency…

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‘It Rolled Right Over Me’: A Brush With Death and a Fresh Perspective

Tim Parent October 27, 2024

Albertan living life to the fullest after incident with tractor nearly costs him his life. Dennis…

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Eyes on the Sky: Tornado Season Approaches

Craig Lester May 20, 2024

A series of tornado warnings in east-central Alberta last week serves as a reminder that we…

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Being Fire Safe During Harvest

Tim Parent September 21, 2023

A rundown of fire safety tips to keep in during harvest. Did you know: August, September,…

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AgSafe Alberta program aims to keep your farm safe

Tim Parent November 9, 2022

AgSafe Alberta has developed a training program called F.A.R.M.E.R.S C.A.R.E. The acronym identifies some of the…

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Safety Spotlight: Fire Safety with Foothills Fire Department’s Candy Parker

Craig Lester September 14, 2020

In this first Agriculture for Life Safety Spotlight episode, Candy Parker from the Foothills Fire Department…

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Rural fire departments equipped with grain rescue tools and training in time for harvest

Craig Lester September 6, 2020

Rural fire departments that have undergone Canadian Agricultural Safety Council’s BeGrainSafe training program have been equipped…

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Instilling a safety culture in the workplace

Craig Lester August 21, 2019

Creating a safe workplace is about creating a culture in the workplace. BASF Canada believes this…

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Volunteers come together to tell agriculture’s story at Aggie Days

Craig Lester April 13, 2019

Hundreds of volunteers came together last weekend to tell thousands of kids and adults agriculture’s story…

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Final piece of controversial Bill 6 enacted in Alberta

Craig Lester December 1, 2018

A detailed Occupational Health and Safety Code tailored to farms and ranches is now in place…

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New Anhydrous Ammonia training for first responders being developed

Craig Lester November 30, 2018

An updated comprehensive training program for first responders dealing with anhydrous ammonia related incidents is in…

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UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Rural and Farm Safety Mobile Unit

Craig Lester November 26, 2016

A new rural and farm safety mobile unit is now in development. Once completed the educational…

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AgCoalition pushes for transparency

Craig Lester June 8, 2016

As the Alberta Government moves forward with the next round of consultations on the Enhanced Protection…

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Plan to save horses in Fort McMurray fire zone in place

Craig Lester May 8, 2016

Alberta Agriculture and Forestry will be coordinating efforts to save horses in the Fort McMurray fire…

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Extra caution needed while seeding in dry conditions

Craig Lester May 8, 2016

The threat of a wildfire is always a possibility while operating heavy machinery in extremely dry…

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Spotlight on safety at Ag For Life training night

Guest Author March 24, 2016

Province wide we’ve had some beautiful weather, and farmers are well aware the time to get…

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Debate over Bill 6 reaches the boiling point

Craig Lester November 29, 2015

The Alberta Government received an ear full from farmers and ranchers last week as it kicked…

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Outpouring of support for Withrow, AB family in wake of tragic farm accident

Craig Lester October 15, 2015

The tragic deaths of three sisters at their family farm in Withrow, Alberta, located 15 kilometres…

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