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Saddle Hills County are proud to partner with Mighty Peace Tourism to promote the Peace Region as a destination for travel and investment. They work to showcase the best northwest Alberta has to offer in order to grow the tourism industry in a sustainable manner, attracting visitors to our region, encouraging them to stay longer, and helping them explore.

A reminder to Saddle Hills County residents that applications for the new Senior Housing Facility in Spirit River, are now open!

The new development will replace the current Pleasantview Lodge and increase capacity to 92 units. 40 units will be lodge places, and 52 units will be designated for supportive living spaces to help seniors as their care needs change.

🚜🌾Happy Alberta Agricultural Societies Day! Our Agricultural Socieities lay at the heart of our community and other rural communities throughout Alberta. Alberta has 291 Ag Societies, more than anywhere else in Canada!

Thank you to our local societies and volunteers for all that you do to help our community thrive 💚

Fall is a good time to control perennial and winter annual weeds, but spraying immediately after harvest may not provide the best results.

South Peace Regional Archives (SPRA), in partnership with Saddle Hills County, is hosting a History Drop-in Day at the Blueberry Hall, on November 7, 2023, from 10:30 a.m. - 2 :30 p.m.

Saddle Hills County Fire Departments, along with Forestry resources, responded to an outdoor fire, that consumed a 3 hectare area, as well as a storage building and its contents, on Friday, September 15, 2023. Blueberry and Happy Valley Fire Departments helped to control the spread of the fire and keep it from candling into the trees and burning deeper down into the Ksituan valley.

The Agroclimate Impact Reporter (AIR) is an online survey by Agriculture Canada designed for the collection and reporting of weather and climate impacts on farm operations across Canada. 

Crop Report, provided by the Government of Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation, as of September 12, 2023.

The 2023 growing season was off to a dry start and saw below average rainfall for most parts of the province. Hot temperatures beginning in May right through August hastened maturity in peas and lentil crops across most of the province. Faba beans tend to be ready later in the harvest season. Growers may be looking for information on harvest tips to maintain premium quality pulses and insight into storage in case of pulse carry-over into the new year in anticipation of higher prices.

As fall is giving us spectacular leaf colours from hardwood species, the fall needle drop is a natural phenomenon that occurs in pine, spruce, fir, and arborvitae trees during the season. It is a process in which these trees shed their older needles, making way for new growth and ensuring the overall health and vitality of the tree. This shedding of needles is an essential part of the tree's life cycle and plays a crucial role in its adaptation to changing environmental conditions.