NEWS & SPORTS FOR APRIL 18/2024
-If you'd been hoping to hear something for agriculture in this week's federal budget, you probably heard the sound of crickets. But since the tax on capital gains of at least 250-thousand dollars is being hiked to 66-percent, Keith Currie with the Canadian Federation of Agriculture says they're trying to find out...
6h ago
NEWS & SPORTS FOR APRIL 17/2024
-The federal budget came down yesterday and the feds want to spend more than 8-billion dollars on housing initiatives. Small and medium sized businesses will receive about 2.5-billion dollars in carbon rebates later this year. Taxes on cigarettes and vaping products are going up, while the government plans to make it e...
Apr 17, 2024
NEWS & SPORTS FOR APRIL 16/2024
-Tickets for Game 1 of the first round of the Oilers' playoffs have been snapped up in a big way. Most of the ones now available are "verified resale tickets", tickets sold by fans and authenticated by Ticketmaster. Now it's a matter of waiting to find to find out who the Oilers are going to face in th...
Apr 16, 2024
NEWS & SPORTS FOR APRIL 15/2024
-Hope you enjoyed the warm and sunny weekend, because winter is supposed to return this week. Forecasters with the Weather Network are talking about temperatures falling, along with a lot of snow for some regions, especially in the southern half of the province. That's supposed to kick in tonight before it moves into S...
Apr 15, 2024
NEWS & SPORTS FOR APRIL 12/2024
-The Minister of Service Alberta says the government is working to make sure people still waiting for their money after opting out of life-lease agreements, get what they're owed. Dale Nally also says the Life Lease Protection Amendment Act will demand the return of entrance fees within 180 days of the cancellation of ...
Apr 12, 2024
News Features
Alberta Ag Show With Dean Thorpe
Weekdays 12:00pm - 1:00pm Listen every weekday as Dean Thorpe gives you all the latest news, prices, and information on everything agriculture for the great province of Alberta. Featuring Cheryl Brooks and "The Rural Connection" The Alberta Ag Show is sponsored by Business Wide View Miss a show? Catch up on t...
Jul 20, 2017
Rodeo Report
Fridays 12:35pm & 4:03pm Tim Ellis has been covering the great sport of rodeo for over 35 years. Producing the daily Ram Rodeo Reports and broadcasting live coverage of the Canadian Finals Rodeo each November continues to be a passion of his. Tim and his wife, Barb, live just outside Hay Lakes and on the off chance...
Jul 19, 2017
News Team
Dean Thorpe
News and Alberta Ag Show Director Afternoon News Alberta Ag Show: Weekdays 12:00pm - 1:00pm Dean Thorpe was born and raised in Melville Saskatchewan. He began his broadcasting career in 1986 at CJVR radio in Melfort Saskatchewan. Over the next few years, he made stops in Yorkton, Estevan, and Saskatoon, before moving w...
Jul 19, 2017
Cheryl Brooks
CFCW Morning News Its a simple story really, moved to Edmonton in 1992 for work but still go home to Saskatchewan to see the family. (I never tell them when I'm coming, so they don't have a chance to skip town, lol). Keaton the news hound and I spend a lot of time watching TV and snuggling on the couch...when we're not...
Jul 20, 2017
J.T. Lemiski
CFCW News There's no other place I'd rather be! Alberta is my home. I'm a farm boy. Found in the cabbage patch in Vegreville. Raised on a dairy farm...no not by the cows...by my mom and dad. I learned much there, some of it confusing. Like when my dad taught me to drive. Two instructions I never understood. Go ahead an...
Jul 20, 2017