Articles for category Council
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Council today voted to repeal Rocky View County’s Firearms Bylaw, effective immediately.Council passed the Firearms Bylaw in September of 2018. Since that time, the document has created questions on the need for a County bylaw, the boundaries of no-shooting zones, and the broad use of the term Read More...
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Rocky View County Council has voted to approve over $1,378,000 in capital and operational funding requests though the Community Recreation Funding Program within the 2019 budget.The County’s Community Recreation Funding Policy enables recreation development and ongoing partnerships throughout the Read More...
Monday, May 27, 2019
West Nile virus is becoming a more serious issue in horses — rates are rising in Alberta and a third of the horses which become infected will die. The number of cases nationally more than doubled last year, with more than half in Alberta.But there is a way to protect your horses, said veterinarian Read More...
Monday, May 27, 2019
With a new growing season upon us, growers must keep a watchful eye for pests in their fields. One early-season pest is cutworms.Cutworms have a ferocious appetite for young developing plants. They can be a problem in many western Canadian crops but canola is most susceptible to damage. The advent Read More...
Monday, May 27, 2019
University of British Columbia researchers have found that taxonomy can help predict infection severity when pathogens or parasites leap to a new species, Bovine Veterinarian reports.Some pathogens can infect multiple species. Researchers Maxwell J. Farrell and T. Jonathan Davies found that when Read More...
Monday, May 27, 2019
Sommerfeld is a cattle producer based near Medstead, Sask. Canadian Cattleman Magazine turns to Sommerfeld’s methods for cutting, raking and baling. Sommerfeld prefers cutting with a 13.5-foot discbine, which allows him to cut at about six miles per hour. Rather than travelling back and forth across Read More...
Monday, May 27, 2019
Forage legumes provide high yields, protein, and good animal performance while improving soil fertility by fixing nitrogen from the air. Alfalfa is the highest yielding and most widely-used legume but can cause bloat. Legumes like cicer milkvetch, sainfoin and birdsfoot trefoil do not cause bloat. Read More...
Monday, May 27, 2019
Learning to recognize range and riparian plants and their role in the ecosystem is key to good range management. Plants can be grouped based on various characteristics including plant type, season of growth, origin, response to grazing and forage value. This blog post provides a preview of the new Read More...
Monday, May 27, 2019
Flooding across the U.S. agricultural belt continues to thwart the planting of key crops in that country — something that could help some Canadian farmers fetch better commodity prices. New data this week revealed several states are well behind schedule for planting thanks to weeks of rain, with Read More...
Friday, May 17, 2019
Rocky View County has proclaimed May 19-25, 2019 as National Public Works Week, to raise awareness of the contributions by public works professionals to sustainable and healthy communities. View full proclamation (PDF)National Public Works Week is observed each year during the third full week of Read More...
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Here is a brief summary of the decisions of Rocky View County Council at the May, 2019 Council Meeting. This is a general overview of decisions only. Details of the agenda items can be found in the meeting’s agenda, and details on the specifics of the decisions can be found in the minutes of this Read More...
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Here is a brief summary of the decisions of Rocky View County’s Governance & Priorities Committee at their May 7, 2019 meeting. This is a general overview only. Details of the full agenda and subsequent minutes can be found on the Governance & Priorities Committee page, or by contacting the County’s Read More...
Friday, May 3, 2019
The ALUS Rocky View program is accepting applications from May 1 to June 30, 2019. These applications will be reviewed by the Partnership Advisory Committee and a select few projects will be implemented in the fall of 2019. If you have any questions regarding the program or need assistance filling Read More...
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Rocky View County Council has voted to reduce the 2019 property tax increase from 3 percent to 2 percent. The reduction is possible due to an anticipated budget surplus, resulting from lower spending by the County and revenues from investments and fees, plus the withdrawal of $34,525 from the Read More...
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Here is a brief summary of the decisions of Rocky View County Council at the April 30, 2019 Council Meeting. This is a general overview only. Details of the agenda items can be found in the meeting’s agenda, and details on the specifics of the decisions can be found in the minutes of this meeting, Read More...