Lacombe

The Monday, January 27, Regular City Council Meeting will start at 10:30 a.m. in a closed session.

It is anticipated that Council will move to open after the lunch break at 1 p.m.

CONSENT AGENDA:

Citizen Representative Appointments to Housing and Homelessness Integration Committee: Council will appoint two replacement representatives to this committee. One Indigenous Community Representative and one Business Community Representative.

2025 Tax and Fleet Borrowing Bylaws (first reading):

The Canada Grains Council (CGC) is welcoming the recent CUSMA panel ruling, which determined that the restrictions Mexico placed on genetically modified (GM) corn were not scientifically justified.

According to Earthquakes Canada a relatively small earthquake happened about 30 km ENE of Lake Louise.

The quake which had a magnitude of 4.5 M, happened at around 4:30 Sunday morning. Some people in the area said they could feel the earth moving, but there were no immediate reports of damage.

Earthquakes Canada says, on average over 4000 quakes are recorded every year in our country. That is about 11 per day. Of those 4000, only about 50 are felt.

The Red Deer Rebels 13-game losing streak has finally ended.

In front of a paid crowd of over 5500, who were also there to celebrate Wooly Bully's birthday, the home team came out strong with 3 goals in the first period.

Jhett Larson started the scoring with his 5th goal of the season at the 11:08 mark. Matthew Gard with his 10th and Brett Calhoon (7th) would finish off the first frame with the Rebels up 3-0.

Two more goals from Derek Thurston with his 5th and Beckett Hamilton with his 10th, in the third period would al but put the game away.

A well-known chain of hardware and agriculture supply stores is set to close nearly two dozen locations across Ontario and Nova Scotia.

Peavey Mart announced last week the closure of 22 stores as part of "a strategic plan to address ongoing challenges in the retail sector and strengthen its business for the future." The closures will take place by the end of April 2025.

Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney secured three more endorsements from cabinet on Saturday, with Defence Minister Bill Blair and Transport Minister Anita Anand backing Carney in statements on X and Housing Minister Nate Erskine-Smith hosting an event for the candidate in Toronto.

On Monday the world will mark eight decades since the liberation of Auschwitz, the notorious Nazi extermination camps where more than a million people, most of them Jews, were murdered during the Second World War.

But as world leaders and Auschwitz survivors prepare to gather at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in southern Poland, a new survey suggests a growing number of Canadians believe the history of the Holocaust has been exaggerated.

The Royal Canadian Navy says a sailor has died in the Bedford Basin after a boat capsized.

The Navy says two sailors were operating a rigid-hull inflatable boat in the Halifax-area bay when it overturned and capsized around 10 p.m. on Friday.

It says a rescue effort by the Joint Rescue and Coordination Centre Halifax dispatched two ships from the Canadian Coast Guard, and pulled both sailors from the water. 

The Navy says the sailors were met by paramedics and transferred to a Halifax hospital, but one of the sailors could not be resuscitated. 

Nearly 250 voices are set to shape the future of Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS), as the school division hosts a Stakeholder Summit.

The 2025 Stakeholder Summit, Jan. 31 in Lacombe, is a collaborative engagement designed to shape the division's next Four-Year Education Plan. 

Stakeholders from all corners of the WCPS community—including students, parents, teachers, staff, and administrators—will come together to share their perspectives and vision for the future of education.

Central Alberta First has announced the launch of a BREWD—Business Retention, Expansion, and Workforce Development Survey. 

Central Alberta First, is a collaborative effort aimed at empowering local businesses and shaping the region's economic landscape. 

From January 23 to February 28, businesses across Central Alberta are encouraged to participate in a comprehensive online survey.