THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2011
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IN THE THICK OF THINGS
BEARS | DAMAGE
Grizzlies a growing concern for ranchers BY BARB GLEN LETHBRIDGE BUREAU
In the last week of August, Twin Butte, Alta., rancher Tony Bruder awoke to find the door ripped from a metal grain bin in his yard and a wooden feed bin torn open. The grizzly bear had returned. Bruder sounds nearly resigned to the fact that grizzly bears will do occasional damage to his farm and ranch operations, as they do to his neighbours’ properties in this region of southwestern Alberta. It i s s n u g g e d u p a g a i n s t t h e Rocky Mountains and partly bordered by Waterton Lakes National Park and extensive crown forestry reserve lands. Bear sightings and yes, bear damage, are becoming more common. access=subscriber section=news,none,none
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A farmer and his passenger swath a heavy canola crop in a field west of Sexsmith, in Alberta’s Peace River district. Rain in July and August resulted in heavy crops although harvest is behind its usual pace for this time of year. | RANDY VANDERVEEN PHOTO
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Majority favour CWB: plebiscite Results used as ammo | Wheat board says it will explore legal options if Ottawa ignores results BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM
New plebiscite results are bolstering an old pledge from Canadian Wheat Board directors who vowed to
continue their fight to retain single– desk grain marketing in Western Canada in spite of Ottawa’s intentions. Citing results from a recently conducted farmer plebiscite, CWB chair
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Allen Oberg said the board will continue to oppose Ottawa’s plans to eliminate single-desk marketing by next summer. The plebiscite suggested that 62 percent of prairie wheat growers pre-
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fer single-desk marketing for wheat, while 51 percent prefer a single-desk structure for selling malting and non-feed barley. SEE MAJORITY FAVOUR CWB, PAGE 2 »
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