Strathmore

This year's wildfire season in Canada is shaping up to be the second-worst on record and federal officials are warning of a dangerous summer in parts of British Columbia.

Officials with several government departments held a technical briefing Thursday in Ottawa with an update on the state of multiple wildfires and its forecast for the coming months.

The Alberta government says it is considering letting oil companies inject wastewater deep underground as a way to manage the toxic tailings that are accumulating in the oil sands.

The idea is one of five being put forward by a government-appointed committee tasked with studying potential tailings management options.

A new report from the committee says injecting mine water underground is a practical solution but considering over 1.4 trillion litres of tailings exist as of 2023 it can't be the only option.

A former health-care agency leader is asking a judge to deliver a quick decision on her wrongful dismissal lawsuit against the Alberta government, but the province says it will push back.

Athana Mentzelopoulos, the former CEO of Alberta Health Services, or AHS, has applied for a summary judgment on the legality of her January firing, which would avoid sending the case to trial.

The Strathmore Municipal Library is accepting book donations. 

The books will be collected throughout June for the library's biannual book sale. Donations will be accepted up until the end of the sale in July. 

Some accepted donations are:

• Hardcover and paperback fiction.
• Recent non-fiction.
• Picture books.
• DVDs and Blu-ray discs.

The library asks that these donations are in good condition. 

Some unaccepted items are: 

Physiological Leaf Spot is suspected in a number of winter wheat fields in Southern Alberta.

Physiological leaf spot (PLS) appears as round or oval lesions that may be yellow or bleached white to gray in color. Lesions may also have a dark center with a narrow chlorotic (yellow) halos and tend to be more numerous toward the tip of the leaf blade. PLS lesions are often found in the upper canopy, and missing or rare on lower leaves.

Three Factors Favoring Physiological Leaf Spot (PLS):

The City of Chestermere alerted residents that a road will be closed for construction.

From June 23 to July 7, construction crews will be installing a sanitary line on Rainbow Road between Springmere Drive and Windermere Drive.

The road will be fully closed, but a detour route will direct traffic. 

The City of Chestermere reminds motorists to follow all signage and to plan in advance. 

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and three of her ministers got an earful on Wednesday night from southern Alberta locals at a rowdy, hours-long town hall to discuss the province's coal policy.

About 500 people, dressed in cowboy hats, belt buckles, and jeans, packed a community hall in Fort Macleod, Alta., for an event marked by heckling, competing applause and placards.

The Canadian citizen believed to be on an Air India flight that crashed shortly after takeoff is a dentist from Mississauga, Ont., her family has confirmed.

The husband of Nirali Sureshkumar Patel said she was on board the London-bound flight that crashed Thursday, killing at least 240 people.

Patel's dental clinic referred The Canadian Press to the husband, who said that he was in the process of booking travel to India for himself and the couple's one-year-old child.

Tomorrow morning (June 13), you can win a $50 gift card to Calgary Co-op.

Morning show host Keesyn Glawson will describe a mystery grocery item, and the first caller to guess it right will win!

Listen to 104.5 More Country at 7:50 a.m. to play.

Calgary-based musician Michela Sheedy played a free concert Strathmore.

The show took place on Tuesday (June 10) at the Hope Covenant Church, with the event hosted by the Hope Bridges Society.

Sheedy played several songs, including Take Me Home, Country Roads and other classic country hits.