Lacombe

As a result of the current weather conditions in the County of Stettler, a fire restriction is now in effect 

Egg hunts, spring markets, bunny photos & more for the whole family! 

There’s something for everyone — grab your baskets, your bunny ears, and get ready for an egg-cellent weekend!

Choose an adventure and explore Central Alberta.

Thursday, April 17

📍 Bashaw

🐣 Bashaw School – 1st Annual Bashaw kids Easter egg hunt
⏰ 2:45 p.m. | 🎟 Free | 🏫 Community-sponsored fun for all ages

As part of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, the Alberta RCMP has launched a new provincewide non-emergency phone number: 310-RCMP (7267).

This number allows individuals to report non-emergency concerns from anywhere in Alberta using a single, easy-to-remember number.

While this line may be useful for Red Deerians when they are outside the city limits, Municipal Policing Services, including the RCMP, are encouraging residents to continue using 403-406-2200 for local non-emergency reporting.

The Town of Sylvan Lake released a notice today that some sports programs will be changing to adult only.

Effective immediately, Drop-In Sports at Multi-Campus (2 Falcon Ridge Drive) will be open to adults (18+) only for the remainder of the season.

Unfortunately, the Family Drop-In is cancelled due to ongoing incidents of vandalism during the program. This decision is made to protect the facility and equipment.

We are currently working with the School Division and the RCMP to review security footage related to recent incidents.

April 16, at around 10:15 a.m., Wetaskiwin RCMP responded to a report of an individual carrying a handgun outside the employee door of a local business in the area of 56 Street and 48 Avenue.

RCMP quickly located the person involved and an arrest was made without incident. 

A gas-powered revolver and knife were seized off of the suspects. 

The investigation is ongoing, and charges are pending.

RCMP would like to advise that there is no ongoing threat to public safety. 

Alberta's United Conservative Party says it has expelled former infrastructure minister Peter Guthrie from caucus over his repeated criticism of the government's handling of the health-care contract scandal.

Guthrie gave up his ministerial position in February over concerns about government contracts and has been sitting as a backbencher for his Airdrie-Cochrane riding.

His pushback against Premier Danielle Smith also led the caucus to suspend him from voting in caucus matters.

The Town of Rocky Mountain House, in collaboration with Clearwater Regional Fire Rescue Services (CRFRS) and Alberta Forestry and Parks, is planning to conduct a hazard reduction burn (HRB) within the Town during the spring of 2025 in alignment with the Town of Rocky Mountain House Wildfire Mitigation Strategy.

What is a hazard reduction burn?

The Bank of Canada left its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday as it waits to get a clearer picture of how global trade uncertainty is going to impact the Canadian economy.

The central bank held its policy rate steady at 2.75 per cent, the first time it has left the key rate unchanged following seven consecutive cuts since June.

That decision arrived in the midst of the United States' ever-shifting global trade war, and Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem made clear that the disruption from south of the border was the clear focus of Wednesday’s decision.

Independent Zarnab Zaffar is a candidate in the Ponoka-Didsbury riding.

Originally set as the Liberal candidate, Zafar did not get enough signatures to be on the ballot for the Liberal party, so she is now running with no affiliation.

CentralAlbertaOnline.com reached out for an interview with Zafar but did not receive a response at the time of publication. No official bio for Zafar could be found.

Lacombe city council has approved amendments to the North Area Structure Plan (NASP), helping advance closer to the development of a new fire station on Woodland Drive. 

Two sections of the NASP were amended to allow the land use for the new station.  

The land can now be used for an emergency facility and isn’t limited to use solely as future cemetery lands.