Strathmore

Farmers are working hard pushing against the weather to get this year's crop in the bin.

As a result, they can also be dealing with an overwhelming amount of stress ranging from weather to markets, finances, equipment breakdowns and more, all at the same time.

Learning ways to recognize, release stress and reach out for help is key to avoid feeling overburdened especially when trying to stay focused when working with large farm equipment or unpredictable livestock.

Bill Vigars, who led the promotion of Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope in 1980, has died at the age of 78. 

His wife, Sherry MacDonald, confirmed the news in an interview, saying Vigars died of congestive heart failure on Thursday surrounded by loved ones at a hospital in White Rock, B.C. She said he fought a "long, tough battle" that began when he had a heart attack in June. 

Vigars is survived by his wife, two children, a stepson and one grandson. He will be honoured at a private ceremony of life early next year, MacDonald said.

Thanksgiving is just around the corner.

StrathmoreNow asked residents to share some unique food they eat over the holidays. There were a variety of answers, including the all-famous turkey and even Chinese food.

One resident, Shayne Richardson, wrote about his turkey buffalo cheese dip.

"Ground turkey cooked, then added to 1/4 cup of buffalo sauce. Get the meat all wet with the sauce, then add a stick of cream cheese and stir until melted and mixed. Pour into a pie plate and add grated cheese on top," wrote Richardson.

A growing number of Liberal MPs are banding together to convince Prime Minister Justin Trudeau it's time to step down, although he appears to retain support from his cabinet.

Trade Minister Mary Ng said Friday she had full confidence in Trudeau as word began to spread about a growing revolt. Ng was travelling back to Canada with Trudeau from Laos, where they were attending a summit of southeast Asian countries.

Stéphan Perreault and his team have been helping restore power in North Carolina since Hurricane Helene hit in late September, and they don't expect to be heading home any time soon.

They are some of the hundreds — possibly thousands — of Canadian line workers who have been called into service to help rebuild power grids after Helene and now Hurricane Milton have left millions of Americans in the dark.

Former public safety minister Bill Blair told a federal inquiry Friday he had no knowledge about delays in approving a spy service warrant in 2021 that may have included references to people in his own government.

A commission of inquiry into foreign interference has heard that it took 54 days for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service warrant application to be approved by Blair.

The average turnaround time for such applications is four to 10 days.

Here's a look at some of this week's top news photos as selected by editors.

This drone image provided by Kairat Kassymbekov shows flooding from Hurricane Milton in Tampa, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (Kairat Kassymbekov via AP)

A former public safety minister says he is very worried the unfolding conversation about some parliamentarians being complicit in foreign interference is becoming a "kangaroo court." 

Marco Mendicino told a commission of inquiry into foreign meddling Thursday it is important to follow due process under the law before jumping to conclusions about the conduct of parliamentarians. 

Strathmore's town council went over this year's snow report at the Wednesday (Oct. 9) council meeting.

The report was presented by Donna McCallum, operations manager for the town. She began the presentation with statistics from last year's winter.

"This past season from October to March we dedicated over 1,700 hours to snow maintenance activities. Keep in mind, public works have seven people, and parks have five," said McCallum. "We had 33 days that it snowed, with a total accumulation of 182 centimetres."

RCMP says a recent partnership helped clear the streets of crime.

Officers from Drumheller, Strathmore, the Alberta Sheriff Highway Patrol, and peace officers from Drumheller, Kneehill County, and Wheatland County helped with the initiative.

According to an RCMP news release, it was meant to find wanted people with warrants, conduct court condition checks on previously charged criminals, help deal with crime, and increase traffic enforcement.