Meet the candidate: Sam Morrison
Q. Why are you running for council?
A. I believe we all should provide some kind of community service. I have a long history of volunteering. While I have backed off with a lot of my commitments, I am still interested in the workings of the city and look forward to the challenge of improving the great city we all call home.
Q. Do you have experience in public service/community boards/politics?
Icy roads a factor in fatal crash involving 19 vehicles
One person is dead following a series of collisions involving 19 vehicles Wednesday morning along Highway 59.
At 6:30 am, Selkirk RCMP responded to the crash on the bridge just south of Springhill Winter Sports Park, in the Rural Municipality of East St. Paul.
Police say the initial investigation has determined that a southbound vehicle lost control on the bridge, resulting in a chain reaction of collisions that involved 19 vehicles. When officers arrived on scene, they immediately began rerouting vehicles to avoid further collisions at the site.
One dead after 19-vehicle crash on icy Highway 59 bridge
One man is dead after an early morning collision on an icy bridge led to a 19-car pileup north of Winnipeg.
RCMP reported that the crash occurred around 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6, on the Red River Floodway bridge just south of Springhill Winter Sports Park. The crash was one of several to occur on bridges and overpasses in the capital region on a foggy and icy morning.
UPDATE: RCMP announce missing person has been found
UPDATE:
Manitoba RCMP have announced that Joseph Ryan McIvor has been safely located, and thanked the public and media for their assistance.
Original Story:
Manitoba RCMP are asking for assistance from the public in locating a missing person from Ebb & Flow First Nation.
Who won the 2025 Calgary Stampede Poster contest?
Elora Kiddle is the winner of the 2025 Calgary Stampede Poster contest.
Staff with the Stampede announced Kiddle's work as the official artwork on Wednesday morning.
RCMP charge two more teens in Brandon man's death in Swan River
A second person has been charged with Second Degree Murder in the death of a 21-year-old Brandon man last Friday in Swan River.
On Saturday, two, 16-year-old boys were arrested, with one charged with Second Degree Murder at the time and remanded into custody
On Wednesday, RCMP said the second teenager has now also been charged.
As well, a third suspect, a 15-year-old boy from Swan River, was arrested and charged with Manslaughter on Tuesday. He was also remanded into custody.
The investigation continues.
Alberta government to fund one year of increased costs for rural RCMP
The Alberta RCMP are going to be receiving more funding from the provincial government.
For one year, that is.
The province is on the hook for providing policing services to municipal districts, counties, and urban municipalities with a population lower than 5,000 people.
In 2019, the Alberta Government announced they were increasing funding for RCMP services due to an increase in rural crime at the time.
That funding helped to create hundreds of additional positions in the RCMP around the province.
Shopping cart parade set for Nov. 15 in support of Lacombe Food Bank
Lacombe's auto dealerships are gearing up for their annual shopping cart parade in support of the Lacombe Food Bank.
The parade, taking place on Nov. 15th, is sponsored by Gary Moe Auto Group, Empire Auto Sales, and Weidner Motors.
This year $8,500 was donated to the cause, which will see shopping carts and trucks filled with groceries from No Frills and then pushed down the street by volunteers to the Lacombe Food Bank with the help of a police escort.
Two Red Deer residents arrested for drug and weapon offences
On Oct. 30, the Red Deer RCMP General Investigation Section (GIS), and the Red Deer RCMP Crime Reduction Team arrested two individuals for drug trafficking.
Through an investigation, police executed search warrants at a motel room and a motor vehicle in North Red Deer.
Candidate Conversations: John Corrigan
John Corrigan is one of four candidates seeking re-election for Weyburn City Council in this year's municipal election.
In a discussion with Discover Weyburn earlier this week he outlined his plan to hit ground running with the experience he’s garnered in his first term.
“Over the last four years, I've served on a number of committees, and now I feel like, if I'm re-elected, I can get into that working mode right from day one.”
His plan for the first 100 days after the election involves sharing what he’s learned with any new councilors.