Alberta crop report shows southern Alberta seeding at forty percent
Alberta's first spring crop report released May 10 notes seeding in southern Alberta about 40 percent complete as heavy rain moved in last week. Durum leads major crops at 55.1 percent, with dry peas 54.5 and spring wheat 47.1 percent. potatoes two-thirds complete. soil moisture rated 55 percent good and 83 percent fair. Seeding in central Alberta about one-quarter and northern areas just starting.
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Regional jobless rate edges up year over year in April
Statistics Canada shows the Lethbridge Medicine Hat region unemployment at 5.9 per cent in April, up 0.2 points from 2023 but 1.4 points below March. Provincial rates rose to 6.9 per cent with Calgary 7.9, Edmonton 6.8, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo 5.8. Camrose-Drumheller led provincial lows at 4.4, Grande Prairie 5.3, Saskatchewan at 5.9, Swift Current-Moorse Jaw 5.7, Manitoba at 5.1.
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