Two men from Fort Saskatchewan arrested for catalytic converter thefts
Fort Saskatchewan RCMP has charged three men in a slew of catalytic converter and vehicle thefts.
On Wednesday (Nov. 30), police were called to a Fort Saskatchewan farm equipment dealer after reports of a break-and-enter and a stolen vehicle. RCMP noted that this was the second theft from the business in a short period of time, the previous incident involved stolen catalytic converters.
The next day, Fort Saskatchewan officers set up surveillance at a private recycling center in Edmonton and saw the stolen truck arrive at the business.
A few more details released on Morinville Plaza fire
The property manager of the Morinville Plaza Hotel and Suites has provided a few more details regarding the fire that occurred last month.
Alan Durston, with Durston Properties, told FortSaskOnline.com that no definitive cause of the fire has been determined, but that it did start in one of the units.
Damage to the hotel section of the property was so severe that there are plans to have that side demolished. It is too early in the process to determine whether or not the hotel portion will be rebuilt.
Taking Canada's good news story to wheat customers around the world
Cereals Canada and the Canadian Grain Commission have assessed the quality of the new wheat crop and released a New Wheat Crop Report.
Lisa Nemeth, Director of Market Support and Training with Cereals Canada says the information in that report is shared with our global customers.
She says following last year's challenges with the drought, prairie farmers were able to see an increase in production for 2022 and brought in a high-quality crop.
Indigenous society and fire department create kitchen chemistry
Those who enjoyed some homemade bannock at last Friday's (Nov. 25) Lights Up! celebration can thank the local Indigenous Society and Fort Sask Fire Department.
The Indigenous Society of Fort Saskatchewan teamed up with local firefighters to bake bannock on the morning of Lights Up!.
Colleen Dollfusz says the collaboration went as smoothly as can be.
Extreme cold warning hits area
An extreme cold warning has been put in place by Environment Canada.
Communities included in the warning are:
- Fort Saskatchewan
- Edmonton
- Sherwood Park
- Gibbons
- Bon Accord
- Bruderheim
- Lamont
- Redwater
Temperatures for those communities are expected to hit around -40 C with the wind chill on Thursday (Dec. 1) night.
Man seriously injured in snowplow collision
A man was seriously injured after colliding with a snowplow on Highway 16 on Wednesday (Nov. 30) afternoon.
Strathcona County RCMP says that they responded to a call at about 2:55 p.m. after reports of a two-vehicle collision just east of Range Road 215.
An investigation by police revealed that a truck hit the back of a snowplow while travelling eastbound on the highway.
The male driver of the truck was sent to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The man driving the snowplow was able to escape with no injuries.
One man killed in Wednesday night collision
One man was killed in a collision on Highway 14 on Wednesday (Nov. 30) afternoon.
Strathcona County RCMP says that at about 3:02 p.m. they were called to the scene of a multi-vehicle crash just east of Range Road 205.
An investigation into the collision found that a Dodge Ram crashed head-on into a semi-truck travelling the other direction.
The 26-year-old driver of the Ram was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The passenger, a 59-year-old man from Spruce Grove, died at the scene.
Agribition goes to the dogs
The dogs are always popular at Canadian Western Agribition.
This year for the first time we saw an Open Cattle Dog Trial and today the International Stock Dog Championship Trials are underway in the Brandt Centre.
Jared Epp Chairs the Agribition Stock Dog committee and says today's sheep dog event features 45 dogs and lambs that have never been worked by a dog.
Agribition beef events and sales go virtual
It's a busy day in the show and sale ring at Canadian Western Agribition.
The Chevrolet GMC Arena is the site for the Black Angus, Red Angus and Limousin Show.
All show and sale events are once again being broadcast by Direct Livestock Marketing Systems.
Mark Shologan is the Director of Purebred and Specialty Livestock for DLMS.
Rachel Notley tours Heartland's IPL facility
Alberta's NDP leader, Rachel Notley was in the area a few weeks ago.
The former premier was checking in on progress made at the Inter Pipeline's Heartland Petrochemical Complex (IPL) here in Fort Saskatchewan.
"It was our government that put the program in place and was part of bringing IPL to Alberta's heartland," Notley told FortSaskOnline.com. "It serves as a strong flagship to the ongoing value add. upgrading and diversification work that we think is so important to Alberta's economy and certainly to the economy of the heartland."