Strathmore

The Brooks Bandits have made some changes to their operations staff.

Late last month, the BCHL club announced that Dakota Mason had been promoted to head coach. He is replacing Ryan Papaioannou, who accepted a position as head coach of the ECHL's Wheeling Nailers, which serves as a farm team for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Mason is now joined alongside Keven Sajinovic and Cole McCaig as assistant coaches.

The Cluny and Gleichen Lions Charity PBR Rodeo delivered a heavy cheque to the Strathmore District Health Foundation earlier this month.

On Sept. 3, the Cluny and Gleichen Lions presented a cheque of $39,226 to the local hospital, with the funds being raised by the August rodeo. 

Rebloom Community Health and Wellness hosted the second annual Stick It To Stigma free mental health event in Strathmore.

Stick It To Stigma took place on Saturday (Sept. 6) at the Strathmore Civic Centre and featured free pizza, family-friendly activities, and several speakers.

"The event is to showcase all of the resources we have in and around Strathmore," said Halle Cockx, owner of Rebloom. "It's all focused on mental health and bringing the community together to break the stigma around mental health."

The Strathmore Lions Splash Park is officially closed for the season.

The park had its last day on Labour Day Monday (Sept. 1), before shutting down in anticipation of autumn.

It was an early year for the Splash Park, opening several days ahead of schedule due to the warm weather. 

The splash park had a full season of operation this year, unlike in 2024, when it was plagued with shutdowns due to local water restrictions.

Naming mountains used to be a hobby for David Jones.

Through the 1970s, the passionate climber and guidebook author would sit atop peaks in Alberta and B.C.'s mountain range, often with a climbing partner, and they would write down made-up names, all to be sent to the government to have them officially recognized.

"That's Hitchhiker, because there's a pick with a little thumb on the back. And that's Whiteface, because there's a big white scar on it," Jones offers as examples.

"We just scribbled the names on a map."

On Friday, Prime Minister, Mark Carney, announced a series of new, strategic measures for workers and businesses in those sectors most impacted by U.S. tariffs and trade disruptions including the agriculture sector.

The Prime Minister talked about a new strategy to transform our economy to one that is more resilient to global shocks. 

Not much changed immediately for electric vehicle drivers across Canada after the federal government announced a step back from its EV policy. But many drivers fear infrastructural growth and improved public charging stations will slow in the coming years.

When Julien Kos drove to Moncton earlier this year, his plan heavily relied on charging his vehicle at a mall while getting a quick bite. 

Doctors are calling for restrictions on sports betting ads, saying they are setting youth up for a future of problem gambling.

An editorial published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Monday says the ads are everywhere during sports broadcasts and that the legalization of online gambling has made every smartphone a potential betting platform.

Editor Dr. Shannon Charlebois says even though betting sites say they're only for people 19 years of age and older, youth are being inundated with advertising that equates enjoying sports with betting.

Politicians and hockey stars are mourning the loss of hockey legend and former federal politician Ken Dryden, who passed away Friday at age 78 after a battle with cancer.

Dryden, 78, was a Hall of Fame goaltender who won six Stanley Cups backstopping the Montreal Canadiens as well as minding the cage during Canada's generation-defining victory at the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union.

Air Canada flight attendants have massively rejected the employer's wage offer following a vote on a new contract that ended Saturday.

Flight attendants at Air Canada wrapped up voting at 3 p.m. ET  on the tentative new contract, with 99.1 per cent voting down the airline's wage offer. 

The airline says the wage portion will now be referred to mediation as previously agreed to by both sides.