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Update:

RCMP have confirmed that the heavy police presence north of Ponoka has ended with all suspects safely arrested.

Further details are expected to be released later today.

Original story:

Pat King, one of the organizers of the 2022 convoy protest in Ottawa, is set to be sentenced in an Ottawa courtroom today.

Superior Court Justice Charles Hackland found King guilty on five counts in November, including mischief and disobeying a court order.

King was found not guilty on three counts of intimidation and one count of obstructing police.

The Crown is seeking a sentence of 10 years for King — the maximum penalty. 

Delays at Toronto's Pearson airport may continue today as investigators work to determine what caused Monday's fiery crash landing of a Delta Air Lines plane with 80 people on board. 

Investigators with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said Tuesday they've recovered the plane's black box and sent it off for analysis, but it's too soon to say what led to the crash.

Airport authorities said the wreckage of the aircraft was expected to remain on the runway for about 48 hours until the investigators finish their work. 

Cattle producers are seeing a strong 2025 in what could be a good year to see prices rise and cattle herds repopulate following years of harsh conditions.

That was the focus of a recent look that Farm Credit Canada took for the cattle industry in Canada and what it has to contend with in 2025.

Leigh Anderson, a senior economist with the FCC, talks about his optimism for the industry for the year.

The Sylvan Lake Nauticals and the Town of Sylvan Lake have been awarded grant funding to support pool upgrades at the NexSource Centre. 

A total of $307,250 was allocated from the Government of Alberta’s Community Facility Enhancement Program (CFEP).  

Devin Dreeshen, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake MLA, shared the announcement over social media.   

A semi was spotted flipped on its side near an overpass along the QEII north of Brightview Tuesday morning.

Goods from the semi could be seen spilling down onto the QEII.

The overpass is at the intersection of the Highway 2 and Township Road 470.

RCMP were unable to provide further information.

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Three Hills RCMP say they have identified a female suspect involved in identity fraud at a local bank.

Police say on Dec. 10, 2024, an unidentified female attended the ATB bank in Three Hills. 

She provided the bank teller with a fake Alberta driver’s license in an account holder's name and attempted to deposit a cheque. 

The bank teller recognized that the driver’s license was not authentic and prevented the release of funds.

If you have any information that can further the investigation, call Three Hills RCMP at 403-443-5539.

To address rising operational costs and low attendance, BGC Clearwater County is ending licensed childcare services in Rocky Mountain House, effective Feb. 28.   

“Our mandate is to provide low-cost accessible services to the community and licensed childcare was no longer able to fit within this mandate,” a BGC of Red Deer & District, and Youth HQ news release said.    

There's good news and bad news in terms of the weather this week.

The good news is that temperatures could inch above zero heading into the weekend.

However, according to Environment Canada meteorologist Erin Staunton, Central Albertans will need to deal with the extreme cold just a little bit longer.

Update - The collision has now been cleared with traffic returning to normal.

Motorists saw delays this morning northbound on the QEII at the Highway 11 intersection near Red Deer due to a motor vehicle collision.