Lacombe

Canada’s Team Brad Gushue had a perfect run at the 2024 Pan Continental Curling Championships.  

Thursday (Oct. 31) morning, the team earned a 7-4 victory against China’s Team Xiaoming Xu during round-robin at the Gary Moe Auto Group Sportsplex.  

Team Gushue started the first end with a hammer, scored a deuce on an open hit and capitalized on back-to-back steals in the second-and-third end.   

On Wednesday night, the Lacombe Fire Department welcomed members and their families for a pumpkin carving event.

Incredible creativity was on display with each pumpkin featuring a unique design.

The fire department is hoping to host more events like this in the future.

Following two summer construction seasons, the 19 Street Improvement Project in Red Deer is wrapping up

The project included the complete rehabilitation of the roadway between Gaetz Avenue and Irwin Avenue on 19 Street, the extension of Red Deer’s south trail system, and the completion of a multi-lane roundabout at the intersection of 19 Street and 40 Avenue.

The Red Deer Legion’s annual Poppy Campaign is now underway.  

The campaign begins with a Poppy Blitz during the last weekend of October.  

“It was very successful,” said Kay Born, Vice President of the Red Deer Legion and Poppy Chairman. “We do several of the stores in town and we sit there and take donations for poppies.”  

Brett Durand of Olds is officially retiring after winning $1 million in the Western Max Sept. 17 draw.  

Durand won a Free Play on a Western Max ticket months ago, and when he recently cashed in his ticket, he won big.  

“I scanned it and thought, ‘There’s no decimal!’” he said. “I kept looking for the decimal place and gradually realized it was actually a million.”  

Lacombe is welcoming the world this week playing host to the third annual Pan Continental Curling Championships at the Gary Moe Auto Group Sportsplex.

The competition serves as a qualifier for the world championships for all World Curling Member Associations from the Americas and Pacific-Asia zones.

The event features 36 men's and women's teams from across the globe.

With proposed amendments to the Meat Inspection Act, the province is looking to increase fines for offenders from $10,000 to $100,000 per violation in response to a rise in illegal animal slaughter and the sale of uninspected meat.

A few months ago, several properties in Rocky View County, Mountain View County, and Wheatland County were searched as part of an RCMP investigation into unlawful livestock dealings. Four individuals were subsequently charged, implicating several Calgary stores.

Airdrie-Cochrane Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) and Minister of Infrastructure Peter Guthrie introduced legislation for Minister of Jobs, Economy and Trade Matt Jones Wednesday that the province believes will strengthen childcare safety.

The amendments to the Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) Act aim to enhance child safety, increase accountability, and streamline enforcement in childcare settings across the province.

All in all, most trick-or-treaters, and their parents, will be happy with the Halloween forecast.

"It should be fairly mild today. We're not expecting much in the way of precipitation or anything," said Environment Canada Meteorologist Heather Rombough. "For the Central Alberta area, the high is around zero for today. It will be chilly enough for mitts probably but not too cold and no snow or anything which sometimes is a problem around this time of year."

Team Canada's Rachel Homan secured her playoff spot Wednesday at the Pan Continental Curling Championships in Lacombe with wins over Mexico (10-1) and South Korea (8-2).

On the men's side, Brad Gushue's rink defeated Australia 13-8.

Gushue and Homan are both 6-0 heading into play Thursday and will be competing in the playoffs.

To wrap up the round-robin, Gushue takes on China this morning at 9 a.m. with Homan facing Japan this afternoon at 2 p.m.