Lacombe

Lacombe City Council has selected a potential location for the city’s new fire station.  

After research and deliberation between regional and provincial stakeholders, the new station is planned for 4410 Woodland Drive, adjacent to the municipal cemetery and easily accessible to Highway 2A.  

The location will undergo a formal planning and development process before final approval.  

The Alberta government has announced proposed amendments to the Alberta Bill of Rights, which the UCP says aims to modernize and enhance the protection of human rights in the province.

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Rocky Mountain House residents can rest assured the community art project, Rocco the Rocky Mountain Snake, will be kept safe over the winter months. 

Rocco first appeared on a trail near Strawberry Hill in the spring, with a sign inviting residents and visitors to add a rock to see how far the painted serpent could travel, the town of Rocky Mountain House said on social media.   

Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) welcomed Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould as the latest speaker for its Perspectives: Canada in the World series.   

Author, former member of Parliament, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Wilson-Raybould, discussed Being an Agent of Change and the Nature of Integrity on Oct. 23.  

The Ponoka & District Chamber of Commerce held its Business Awards Gala last Friday.

Below is the list of award winners:

The following decisions were made during Monday's City Council meeting:

Capital Budget

• City Council approved delaying consideration of the 2025 Capital Budget to November 18, 2024.
  • The Operating Budget will be considered November 19 until 22, following Capital Budget.

Utility Governance:

Canada remained undefeated after two days at the Pan Continental Curling Championships taking place this week in Lacombe at the Gary Moe Auto Group Sportsplex.

On the men's side, Brad Gushue improved his record to 3-0 with a 10-5 win over New Zealand on Monday. China, Japan, and Team USA also sit with 3-0 records.

Rachel Homan is also 3-0 after Monday's action with a 13-0 win over Chinese Taipei and a 7-5 victory over China. Japan and Korea join Canada with 3-0 records on the women's side.

Due to gaps in physician coverage, the Stettler Hospital and Care Centre Emergency Department (ED) is temporarily closed today (Oct. 29) from 4 p.m. until Oct. 30 at 8 a.m. 

The ED was scheduled to be closed all day, however some physician coverage has since been identified.

Josephine Sindani’s first memory of using a food bank is a happy one. 

She was eight years old and still adjusting to the shock of an Ottawa winter after recently moving from Halifax, where she and her mom arrived in Canada from Sudan about two years earlier. One day she saw her pregnant mother approaching their home, trudging through snow and carrying a “big bag of toys.”

Premier Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party won a fifth consecutive majority government Monday, losing in the big cities but retaining its iron grip on rural areas to secure victory.

Moe’s party was shut out by Carla Beck’s NDP in Regina and lost all but two seats in Saskatoon.

But it found enough support everywhere else to be elected in 35 seats in the 61-seat legislature, compared with 26 for the NDP.

"Thank you once again, Saskatchewan for placing your trust in our party, the Saskatchewan Party," Moe said as supporters in Shellbrook clapped and whooped.