Lacombe

The City of Lacombe held an Open House Thursday evening at the LMC to gather feedback on potential changes to the Land Use Bylaw.

"We're looking at possible changes to the Land Use Bylaw, which would allow stand-alone offices and retail sales in the Light Industrial District," explained Senior Development Officer Jennifer Kirk. "Right now, currently you can have those if they're accessory or smaller to the main use happening."

Environment Canada has issued a fog advisory for areas north of Calgary including Mountain View County.

Sundre, Olds and Didsbury are included in the advisory, which covers sections of the QEII.

Low visibility in fog will continue this evening.

Visibility may be significantly and suddenly reduced to near zero.

Travel is expected to be hazardous due to reduced visibility in some locations.

Olds College of Agriculture and Technology is included in a network of 38 post-secondary institutions to receive $24 million in Lab to Market funding from the federal government.   

The network includes 24 Technology Access Centres, 610 business mentors, and over 2,100 applied research and industry specialists.  

Update:

The scene has been cleared.

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Motorists travelling southbound on the QEII approaching Highway 11A near Red Deer experienced delays this morning due to a motor vehicle collision.

Emergency crews were on the scene.

511 Alberta is reporting that the QEII contains icy sections with blowing snow.

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Work begins this week to replace the oldest of two computed tomography (CT) scanners at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre.  

The $2.4-million equipment replacement is expected to be operational in the early spring.  

The project is funded by Alberta Health Services (AHS) through existing capital funding.  

Something many Lacombe residents have been asking for a while.

Lacombe City Council declared the discontinuation of train whistle use at the Wolf Creek Drive rail crossing. City Administration is now working with Canadian Pacific Kansan City CPKC to end the use of whistles at this location within 30 days of the declaration date.

The Burman Black Student Alliance (BBSA) is hosting Cultural Collision this Saturday (Feb. 1) in Lacombe inside the Gwen Bader Fitness Centre at Burman University.

School councillor Tamara van Rensburg explains the purpose behind the event.

"We are connecting with students as well as people within the community," she said. "Community members to just come together, share, bring awareness to the various cultures that are represented, not only on campus but also off campus, within Lacombe or even Central Alberta."

Late last week, the provincial government released a report regarding the province's response to the impacts of COVID-19.

According to the report, the task force that wrote the report recommends "halting the use of COVID-19 vaccines without full disclosure of their potential risks".

Alberta’s government is launching Assisted Living Alberta, a new provincial agency that will oversee continuing care, including long-term care, home care, and community support.

The agency, set to be legally established by April 1 and fully operational by fall 2025, is part of a broader restructuring of the healthcare system.

Police are reminding vehicle owners about the risk of warming up their vehicles with the keys left inside.

Last week, Alberta RCMP discovered 504 unlocked vehicles with keys in the ignition as part of Operation Cold Start. 

Conversely, there were 1,277 locked vehicles left idling with keys left inside.