Crossfield

The 3rd Annual Rutabaga Bowl was the place to be in Crossfield on Saturday.

Multiple contestants tried their best to knock down pins with rutabagas and for most, it was a lot harder than it seemed.

Cheryl Shea, the Crossfield Farmers Market Manager explained the Rutabaga Bowl was a main attraction during the Crossfield Food Fest.

"Mayor Kim Harris opened up the games with the initial bowl, then 13 kids all tried their hand at bowling before we had the adults Rutabaga Bowl."

An earlier collision in which a semi-trailer was jack-knifed north of Crossfield has been cleared.

Motorists are asked to use caution on the highway as local forecasts are predicting two to four centimetres of snow. With the strong winds, blowing snow may affect visibility on the roads.

Rocky View Schools (RVS) is looking to add a new Kindergarten to Grade 8 (K-8) school in Crossfield.

RVS is hoping the school will have a capacity for 600 students as it's in RVS’ 2024 - 2027 Capital Plan for 2025.

"It is number 10 on the list of RVS’ top priorities," stated RVS.

Here are the top 10 priorities for RVS:

The conclusions drawn from a 2022 fire service evaluation of the Crossfield Fire Department underlined that while the fire department has, 'amazing people... that do an incredibly dangerous job', there is plenty of work to do within the Crossfield Fire Service. 

The evaluation and subsequent executive report were carried out by Sea Hawk - a fire service equipment and consulting company. Crossfield Town Council heard from the lead evaluator, who is also the current Fire Chief of the Chestermere Fire Department, Jamie Coutts in late December 2022.

The towns of Crossfield and Carstairs are wanting to gauge residents' interest in whether a transit bus with pickup sites in both towns going to Calgary would be appealing.

According to the survey, the service would need to be run by a non-profit organization, as Town Administration would not be able to run this service for residents. The initial plan is that the bus would operate from Monday to Friday (excluding holidays), as well as picking individuals up in Calgary in the afternoon and early in the evening, though exact times were not specified.

With over three decades of experience in the fire service, Crossfield's new Fire Chief, Bill Messner, is no stranger to wearing the stripes on his shoulders. Messner who has been in his new role for three weeks previously served as Deputy Fire Chief in Crowsnest Pass. However, the 200-some-kilometre move North hasn't phased him in the least. 

A two-vehicle collision between a sedan and a truck created a vehicle fire that snarled traffic near Crossfield on the QEII headed Northbound on Thursday afternoon.

(Video provided by Mandi CM)

According to Mounties, a trailer that had been previously stolen from Crossfield in the early morning hours on Friday, April 21 has been located.

Police said that a Calgary resident spotted the trailer, which had been parked on the street in a residential neighbourhood in the city's Northeast.

"The only items missing from the trailer were some hand tools," Airdrie RCMP stated. 

Crossfield resident Terry Hehr decided to save up all his lottery tickets and check them all at once. So, when he went to check those months-old lottery tickets on February 20, he had no idea that it would change his life.

Hehr found out that the November 24 DAILY GRAND draw that he bought and added the EXTRA to his ticket at the local My Place Esso at 920 Railway Street in Crossfield, had netted him $250,000.

"I checked it on the Lotto Spot app,” he explained as he claimed his prize. “I had a big smile and then told my wife to check the ticket on her app.”

Playing hide-and-seek in her grandparents' house together. That is how Crossfield resident Charlotte Blackwell remembers her second cousin Brett Ryan. 

When one of Blackwell's cousins had phoned her mother yesterday to deliver the agonizing news that Edmonton police officer Const. Ryan had been killed in the line of duty on Thursday morning, disbelief reverberated through Blackwell. Then came the shock.