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Alberta Health Services’ (AHS) Screen Test program will provide screening mammograms in Ponoka this week.

A mobile mammography trailer will be located at the Ponoka Community Health Centre (5900 Highway 2A) from Jan. 9 to 16.  

Screening is available at no cost for eligible individuals aged 45 to 74, but appointments are required.   

“Mammograms are the best way to find breast cancer early when treatment may work better,” an AHS news release said. “Getting screened for breast cancer saves lives.”  

Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Lacombe & District supported 33 families in need over the Christmas season through its Adopt-A-Family program.

The program finds donors who work with BBBS and families to fulfill their wishlists by purchasing grocery cards and other items through the holiday season.

BBBS Executive Director Brianna Berthiaume says they delivered to the families on Dec. 18.

Prospective candidates can now submit their Notice of Intent to Run form with the Town of Ponoka Election Office. Learn more here.

You must file your Notice of Intent to Run form online, by mail or in person at the Town Office on the second floor of the Ponoka Civic Centre (200, 5604 50 Street) before accepting contributions or incurring campaign expenses. 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called a news conference in Ottawa this morning amid growing calls for his resignation.

The Prime Minister's Office called reporters to Rideau Cottage for 10 a.m. ET and Trudeau is set to speak at 10:45 a.m. ET.

It follows months of speculation over whether Trudeau will decide to step aside and trigger a leadership race.

The City of Red Deer’s Automated Traffic Enforcement Program will be operating throughout the month of January.

Mobile units will be operating in the following neighbourhoods:

Glendale, Normandeau, Highland Green, Riverside Meadows, Fairview, Pines, Downtown Core, Waskasoo, Woodlea, Parkvale, Bower, Anders, Morrisroe, Inglewood, Vanier, Lancaster

Mobile units will be operating along the following traffic corridors:

Temperatures are expected to warm up this week with lots of sun in the forecast for Central Alberta.

Monday's high is around minus 7 with temperatures expected to reach above zero Tuesday and Wednesday. There is a chance of flurries Monday morning but nothing significant.

Erin Staunton is a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada.

Monday could mark a historic week in Canadian politics if the growing chorus calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gets its way.

The Globe and Mail is reporting that Trudeau is expected to announce he is stepping down as Liberal party leader as early as Monday.

Trudeau has faced mounting calls for his resignation from MPs in his caucus as public opinion polls have continued to put the governing Liberals trailing far behind the Conservatives.

An Associate Professor of Anthropology at Burman University in Lacombe had the opportunity of a lifetime when he gave a lecture at Oxford University in England.

Adam Kiš discussed his book The Development Trap: How Thinking Big Fails The Poor on Nov. 28.

The book, which focuses on poverty and international development, has been out for about six and half years.

"You never know who is reading it and what impact it's making on the world and then I get this email out of the blue in August from someone at Oxford," remarked Kiš.

The second annual Canadian Soybean Harvest Update attracted more than 100 virtual attendees from Asia and the Indo-Pacific on December 10, 2024. 

Hosted by Soy Canada, the live-streamed event brought together participants from Canada, China, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam.

The Globe and Mail is reporting that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce he is stepping down as Liberal party leader as early as Monday.

Trudeau has faced mounting calls for his resignation from MPs in his caucus as public opinion polls have continued to put the governing Liberals trailing far behind the Conservatives.

The Globe report says three sources, who weren't authorized to speak about the matter publicly, did not know a specific timeline but they expected Trudeau would announce his plans before a national caucus meeting scheduled for Wednesday.