Lacombe

The Lacombe and District Chamber of Commerce is welcoming about 100 new members, after the Blackfalds and District Chamber of Commerce voted earlier this month to dissolve and join up with Lacombe.

"There was just some dynamics going on that made it make more sense for them to dissolve. Made sense for us to take them over," said Lacombe Board Chair Dani Ducross. "Between the two membership bases, we cover a little bit bigger of an area."

With the addition of Blackfalds, the Lacombe and District Chamber of Commerce is now sitting at around 400 members.

Say hello to the newest Jeep Wrangle Winter contest winner—Cathy King! 

This local teacher just scored a Tuscadero Pearl Jeep Wrangler worth over $60,000, and the moment she found out? Absolutely priceless!

Sunny 94, Your Alberta Jeep Dealers, and a cheering crowd of students were on hand for the big surprise.

"I’m shaking. It’s going to take a while to sink in!"

The Central Alberta Lacrosse girls' program is currently recruiting athletes born between 2011 and 2014 for the upcoming season.

No experience is necessary.

Coach Jon Weddell says many lacrosse players come over from ringette, hockey, or even dancing and have picked up the game quickly.

He notes they try to practice out of Blackfalds or Innisfail and play home games in Ponoka or Lacombe.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith removed her government's deputy minister of health Wednesday but bucked calls for a public inquiry into allegations of government interference in lucrative medical contracts.

Speaking to media in Calgary for the first time since the allegations surfaced two weeks ago, Smith said Andre Tremblay is being replaced in the Health ministry.

However, he is to continue as the head of Alberta Health Services, the province's front-line health agency.

The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) has responded to cuts announced at Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP).

RDP is facing a $10 million deficit for its 2025/2026 budget due to the Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) impacts to international student enrolments, along with rising inflation and an anticipated zero per cent increase to the post-secondary institution’s base grant funding from the Government of Alberta.

The wreck of a crashed Delta Air Lines jet has been cleared from a runway at Toronto's Pearson International Airport.

The airline says removing the wreckage took several hours on Wednesday.

Delta says it could be weeks before bags from the plane are returned to their owners because of the inspection and cleaning process.

The airline has offered US$30,000 in compensation to passengers who were on the plane, saying the money "has no strings attached."

All 76 passengers and four crew members survived when Delta Flight 4819 crash landed at Pearson on Monday.

A new poll suggests that more than a quarter of Canadians — 27 per cent — now see the United States as an "enemy" country, while another 30 per cent still say they consider the U.S. an ally.

Another 27 per cent of respondents to the Leger survey said they consider the United States to be a "neutral" country.

The poll comes as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to impose economically devastating tariffs on Canada and has repeatedly pushed the idea that Canada should become a U.S. state.

Canola growers are encouraged to check their bins for heated seed during this cold weather.

Breanna Miller Friesen is an agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada. She says it is during cold spells, like what the Prairies have been experiencing when issues of bin heating start to pop up.

Clearwater County in partnership with Alberta Forestry and Parks have developed the Nordegg Wildfire Mitigation Strategy (WMS) to enhance community safety.   

The strategy identifies priority areas near Nordegg where vegetation reduction is required to mitigate wildfire risks.  

The Wetaskiwin RCMP were recently made aware of online accusations claiming that officers picked up a male from a homeless shelter in Wetaskiwin and dropped him off in a remote rural location in the extreme cold.

Following the report, RCMP reviewed the allegation.

On Feb. 16, at 8:44 p.m., the Wetaskiwin RCMP received a report of male causing a disturbance at the homeless shelter in Wetaskiwin.