What will municipal infrastructure funding look like for Strathmore next year?
Municipalities across Alberta are set to receive more infrastructure funding for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
The Alberta government says it created the Local Government Fiscal Framework in the 2024 budget.
"This means that when provincial revenues increase, municipal funding increases at the same percentage. Next year, municipalities will receive more than $820 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year, an increase of just over 13 per cent from Budget 2024," says a news release from the province.
Funding for 2025-26:
Town of Strathmore seeks volunteers for local boards and committees
The Town of Strathmore is looking for volunteers to join a few boards and committees.
These include:
Coffee with character: Bean Dreamin' recaps first summer in business
It's been four months since Bean Dreamin' launched in Strathmore.
The local coffee company operates out of a vintage lime-green Volkswagen microbus which serves coffee and other drinks to residents in the area.
The idea for Bean Dreamin' came to Strathmore resident Kiona Kelly four years ago.
"It was a dream for sure," said Kelly. "We found the bus in Medicine Hat. We bought it, started tearing it down, and made it into the mobile coffee bus that it is today."
Metal fabricating company fined $360,000 following workplace death
A metal fabricating company has been fined $360,000 after a worker died last year in February.
HTK Iron Works pleaded guilty to one count for failing to ensure the health and safety of a worker.
According to Alberta Occupational Health and Safety, the worker died after being hit by a fabricated windbreak panel that fell from a moving forklift.
The death happened at a metal fabrication shop near Burdett.
Who will end the debate? Political gridlock continues in the House of Commons
Federal political parties appear to be locked in a game of chicken in an increasingly precarious Parliament over a debate that has stalled almost all business in the House of Commons.
The Conservatives have vowed the debate will continue until the Liberals hand over unredacted documents to the RCMP about a green-tech foundation that was found to have misspent government money.
The debate has now stretched into its second week.
Federal ministers were told of increasing 'volume and complexity' of foreign threats
A newly released document shows federal cabinet ministers were warned in May 2022 that hostile states were targeting Canada's strategic interests, the integrity of Canadian institutions and democratic processes, and the ability of the public to exercise Charter-protected rights and freedoms.
The document is a summary of one of four memorandums to cabinet, generally considered closely held confidences, that were provided to a federal commission of inquiry into foreign interference as part of its terms of reference.
Ottawa invests more money in organic research
The Federal government has announced over $6.8 million over five years for the Organic Science Cluster is geared to research and advancing sustainable practices.
Allison Squires is president of the Canadian Organic Growers says the organic sector is unique in that it encompasses everything from aquaculture to cranberries to horticulture and field crops.
She says this pot of money will go towards projects in all these different areas, out of the 14 projects two are based in the prairies.
Strathmore RCMP investigating suspicious vehicle in Wheatland County
Police are investigating a suspicious vehicle spotted near Strathmore on Monday (Oct. 7) during the afternoon.
According to RCMP, officers were called after reports of a blue SUV that approached a rural residence in Wheatland County off Range Road 252 at around 2:30 p.m.
"Unknown persons exited the vehicle with masks, observed by witnesses," said Cpl. Patrick Lambert with the RCMP.
Police are now trying to locate the blue SUV and its occupants.
If you have any information on the vehicle you can call Strathmore RCMP at 403-934-3968.
Several bobcats spotted in Chestermere
Several bobcat sightings have been reported in Chestermere this year.
According to the city, bobcats are highly adaptable and may lose their fear of people when living in or near human development.
"It is extremely unlikely that a bobcat will attack a human. They are opportunistic hunters," wrote the city in a news release.
Chestermere also provided residents with tips to prevent bobcats from coming onto human property.
These tips include:
More than $1.2 million of lottery tickets yet to be claimed
A person or persons who purchased a ticket in Calgary is the winner of $1 million on the Saturday (Oct. 5) Lotto 6/49 draw.
According to the Western Canada Lottery Corporation, staff want to hear from the winner or winners.
The prize number was: 27854301-01, a white ball.