Photo of a 2011 hog barn fire in Taber, Alta.

Be prepared for fire so your assets don’t go up in smoke

“That will never happen to us,” we all think. Until it does

At 4:30 am on June 6, 2012, dairy farmer Harry Byce woke up very suddenly to what he thought was the sound of rain on his hay. It was odd that he heard it before he smelled it, but that’s the way the mind works when deep asleep. Concerned about his hay, he jumped out […] Read more