Strathmore

A local bike program delivered hundreds of bicycles to people in need throughout the community.

On Sept. 10, Lil Hoots Family Boutique announced its final delivery for the annual community bike program.

The program, run alongside Joker Bicycle Co, led to over 400 bicycles being donated throughout 2025.

"I've always worked on bikes," said Jake, owner of Joker Bicycle Co, "We've had a few people donate a few parts that we're very grateful for, but most of my funding comes from the normal bike shop duties that I do."

With just over a month until the municipal election, candidates have been announcing reelection plans, putting up signs, and talking to voters.

One of those people is Richard Wegener, who is trying to make it back to the council chambers for a second term.

Country Thunder is closing out its 2025 festival season with a boost to several local charities across Alberta and Saskatchewan.

The popular music festival series says it contributed $18,000 this year to community organizations, while also supporting dozens of local groups through partnerships, fundraising and volunteer opportunities.

Jason Montgomery is running for a third term in the upcoming Strathmore Municipal Election.

Montgomery was first elected eight years ago and has served two consecutive terms as a councillor.

"I heard from a number of people who said they would like to see me run again," said Montgomery on why he decided to run. "I want to see good people on council and a broad range of views represented, and I think I represent a perspective that needs to be heard in the town."

Community members and job seekers will have the chance to connect and explore local resources and employment opportunities. 

The Fall 2025 Langdon Job Fair takes place on Thursday (Sept. 18) at the Track Golf Course and runs from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Hosted by Prospect Human Services and the Langdon Chamber of Commerce, the fair aims to bring together local employers, entrepreneurs, and small businesses all in one place.

Participants can explore job openings, consider career changes, submit résumés, and access career support services. 

Some stubbornness at the gas pumps pushed the headline inflation rate a couple ticks higher to 1.9 per cent in August, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.

Gasoline prices rose 1.4 per cent month-over-month in August as higher refining margins offset lower crude costs, StatCan said.

The price of gas was still down 12.7 per cent annually in August – the end of the consumer carbon price has deflated costs for motorists since the spring – but the decline fell short of July’s 16.1 per cent drop, pushing the headline inflation rate higher.

Critics are questioning what problem the Alberta government's move to add mandatory citizenship markers to provincial identification aims to solve, and say it opens the door to potential privacy breaches and discrimination.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Monday the move is all about streamlining services and preventing election fraud. 

Alberta's government says it has filed a complaint with the Labour Relations Board against the union representing the province's 51,000 teachers.

Finance Minister Nate Horner says the complaint is connected with a document the Alberta Teachers’ Association distributed after setting a strike date of Oct. 6. last week.

The government says the document consisted of false claims, including that Teachers’ Employer Bargaining Association (TEBA) does not have the mandate to negotiate class complexity, class size, and supports for students.

After talking up the prospect of cross-party collaboration in the House of Commons, Liberal and Conservative MPs wasted little time after Parliament resumed Monday before reverting to partisan attacks over housing and the cost of living.

The tone was set early Monday afternoon, when the first-ever question period exchange between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre began cordially before turning belligerent.

Premier Scott Moe, back in Saskatchewan after a trip to China to try and resolve a trade dispute, said Monday he’s hopeful they can find a solution.

Moe told reporters he and Prime Minister Mark Carney's parliamentary secretary Kody Blois met last week with Chinese officials who oversee an agency responsible for imposing steep tariffs on Canadian canola products. 

They also met with Li Chenggang, the international trade negotiator with China's Ministry of Commerce, and other industry officials.