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Canada announced the details of a $64.8 million military aid package to Ukraine Friday as National Defence Minister Bill Blair attended a NATO defence ministers meeting in Brussels.

Ukraine's ongoing war with Russia was a key topic at the meeting, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the ministers during the meeting.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, chairing his first NATO defence ministers' meeting since taking the role earlier in October, said the alliance's members are on track to deliver almost $60 billion in security assistance to Ukraine.

The Strathmore Spartans cross country team made it into provincials.

The team finished second in their zone and will be heading to Grand Prairie this weekend for the competition.

"It's been a really great season. We've had a lot of kids come out," said head coach Ian Regnier. "There are no tryouts. If you want to come out and run, you come out and run."

According to Regnier, 17 runners will be packed into a school bus and sent seven hours north for the tournament.

The Strathmore Municipal Library has given some statistics on how much local readers saved through renting books.

According to the library's Facebook page, $1,275,314 was saved between January and August. Director Rachel Dick Hughes said that this number does not account for digital resources or physical items such as musical instruments.

It's going to be a beautiful weekend, and there are plenty of fun events to enjoy in and around Strathmore.

Here are five events taking place:

Strathmore Cultural Resource Fair:

• The Strathmore Civic Centre will host a special presentation as residents will learn more about the cultures that help make Strathmore home. The event runs on Saturday (Oct. 19) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Grand Opening of the Rustic Brocanteuse:

The colourful lights and music of the CPKC Holiday Train are heading back to southern Alberta.

The closest stop to Strathmore that the train will make is in Gleichen.

The festivities will run on December 8 from 8:45 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. on 3 Avenue and Crowfoot Steel.

Tyler Shaw and Shawnee Kish will play a free show inside the train during the event.

According to CPKC, the train will tour across Canada and the United States starting November 21 and will run until December 20 to raise funds, food, and awareness to support food banks across both countries.

A Langdon man has been found not criminally responsible (NCR) for killing his mother last year.

According to an NCR review, on May 26, 2023, Audra DeMolitor suffered "devastating blows to her head" from her son Scott and died from her injuries a few days later.

Justice Nancy Dilts says following his mother's death, DeMolitor was charged with manslaughter. He also admits that he caused the injuries that led to her death.

The first snowfall of the season may be coming to Strathmore next week.

According to our weather forecast, Monday night is calling for temperatures to reach a low of -1°C along with periods of rain or snow.

However, Alysa Pederson, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, says that it's unlikely snow will be heading to town.

"There will be snow in the province, but it depends on how significant the snow develops on the cold front that's going to be moving through on Monday night."

This weekend, we're diving into new music with special guests! Eric Ethridge joins us to talk about his latest single and album title track, "Family First." Meghan Patrick will share insights on her newly released album Golden Child, and we’ll play "Whether You Love Me or Not" the first track she released a few months back from this new project. Plus, we’re throwing it back to this week in 2020 with a #1 from Hardy and some exciting news he shared this week.

The True North Society is looking for donations to help people in need.

Amanda Vanderlaan, the administrative assistant and public educator with the society mentioned a few of the main items they need for children.

"We're really struggling to keep up with things like diapers, baby wipes, Vaseline, diaper rash cream, warm clothes for infants and youth, and even things like rattles and pacifiers. As we see inflation increase there is more of a need for services."

According to Vanderlaan, True North provides a vital resource to the community.

We have a busy morning show on Monday (Oct. 21).

Amanda Vanderlaan from True North will join the show as we discuss a supply fundraiser they are running and what True North does for the community.

Cody Holdaway from the Strathmore Wheatland Chamber of Commerce will also be on the show to talk about the Business Excellence Awards.

The morning show starts on Monday at 6 a.m.