Strathmore

We are getting ready for our next Charity BBQ!

Join us next Thursday (Sept. 20) down at the Strathmore Motor Products dealership parking lot.

Baldwin BBQ will be on site, cooking up food which residents can get their hands on by donation.

All donations will go towards Foothills Advocacy in Motion.

Swing by anytime from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Thank you to the other sponsors that make this possible: Strathmore Bottle Depot, Lakewood of Strathmore, Tammy Lambert with CIR Realty, and Greener Pastures Psychology.

Liberal MP Kody Blois says to expect more high-level visits to China, as Canada tries working out a trade spat targeting Canadian canola.

Blois is the parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Mark Carney, and he joined Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe on a visit to China earlier this month to advocate for Beijing to drop its tariffs on Canadian canola.

China imposed significant tariffs on Canadian canola this year following Ottawa's move to match U.S. tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

The Alberta government and the teachers’ union are back at the bargaining table with under three weeks to go before a possible provincewide strike.

Finance Minister Nate Horner’s office confirmed in a Friday statement that bargaining with the Alberta Teachers' Association has resumed and the government is presenting its deal.

The union, in an update to its members Thursday, said the government's deal will be a response to the union's latest proposal tabled last week. Union president Jason Schilling hasn't said what the latest offer includes.

The final Strathmore Farmers' Market of the summer is coming this evening.

The market runs from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Kinsmen Park and features over two dozen local vendors.

The Farmers' Market runs annually from June to September. Although there will be no weekly markets, the group will be hosting two more markets later this year.

The Fall Market takes place on Oct. 4, while the Christmas Market runs between Nov. 29 and 30.

"A big thank you to all of our loyal customers for another successful season," wrote the market on social media. 

Strathmore residents will find out who will be the Last Cowboy Standing this weekend.

On Saturday (Sept. 20), bull riders from across the area will be competing in an elimination-style competition. This is the fifth year that the event has been hosted in Strathmore and is organized by Lazy P Rodeo Company.

"It's a three-round format that starts with 25 riders," said Cale Pribyl, owner of Lazy P Rodeo Company. "Then it goes down to the top 16 riders from the first round, and the top eight riders in the second round get the chance to ride for all the cash and prizes."

Brent Boulevard was filled with Strathmore students participating in the Marathon of Hope.

On Thursday (Sept. 18), Crowther Memorial Junior High School held its annual Terry Fox Run, with hundreds of students taking part.

Teacher and guidance counsellor Glenda Sorenson says the school has been taking part in the event for decades.

"My mom has battled and survived breast cancer twice," said Sorenson. "Cancer research is really important."

Newly released documents show Ottawa has spent almost $1.3 billion on cloud services provided by U.S. companies, with most of the money going to Microsoft — and its uses include what it calls "mission-critical" defence applications.

The information was shared in a government response to a question posed by Conservative MP Todd Doherty. He asked government departments and agencies how much they have spent since 2021 on cloud services provided by Amazon, Microsoft and Google, and to identify which of those cloud services cover critical government functions.

Canada and Mexico have signed a pact to deepen economic and security ties ahead of what is expected to be a challenging round of negotiations with the United States on a trilateral trade deal.

The agreement — billed as a comprehensive strategic partnership — was signed by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in Mexico City Thursday.

It includes a plan to build infrastructure such as ports, rail and energy corridors while tackling crime and protecting the environment.

A toddler died in a car crash at the intersection of Highway 9 and Highway 566.

According to Airdrie RCMP, the crash was at around 10 p.m. on Wednesday (Sept. 17) and was between a Dodge Ram pickup truck and a semi truck.

Police say the pickup was heading northbound when it struck the semi head on, leading to the pickup truck catching fire. 

The Alberta government has chosen not to renew its ban on the practice of "carding" by police officers.

The provincial regulation enforcing the ban was due for renewal this past summer, but a government letter to the Edmonton Police Commission says the province wouldn't be renewing it.

Carding refers to police officers stopping members of the public without reason and asking for identification.