Tag: Calving season
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Central Alberta Farmers Celebrate Second-Year Triplet Calves at Lucky 7 Cattle Co.
Remarkable Beginnings: A New Year, Another Triplet Calf As the calendar turned, Central Alberta woke to a familiar but still astonishing sight on Stacey Simpson’s Lucky 7 Cattle Co. ranch near Sedgwick: not one, not two, but a set of triplet calves. This marks the second year in a row that the farm has welcomed…
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Central Alberta Farmers Welcome Triplet Calves for 2nd Year in a Row
Record-Breaking Births Reignite Family Farms in Central Alberta In a winter that many farmers treat as a quiet season, luck and biology teamed up in a remarkable way on a cattle operation near Sedgwick, Alberta. For the second straight year, Lucky 7 Cattle Co. owner Stacey Simpson watched as her herd produced a rare set…
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A Year After Alberta’s Leaky Border Sought Tight Control, What Has Changed?
Intro: A vow, a plan, and a year of results One year after Alberta’s premier pledged to seal what was described as a “leaky” border, residents along the Coutts-Cartige border have lived through a period of policy shifts, legal battles, and debates over how to balance security with everyday life. The promise was bold: reduce…
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A Year Later: What It Really Means When Alberta Tried to Lock the Border
Introduction: A Bold move, A Year of Consequences One year ago, Alberta’s premier signaled a determined push to tighten a border that many described as thin and vulnerable. The plan to “lock down” the Coutts crossing—east of the small village of Coutts, Alberta, near the U.S. border—was more than a political promise. It was a…