Lacombe

The Lacombe Fire Department is seeking new recruits to help serve the community in critical moments.   

Lacombe Firefighters Mitch Lyle, Brooks Thompson, and Captains Zach Walker and Trevor Wilton were available to meet with interested individuals during the Lacombe Employment Centre’s Fall Job Fair last week.  

The Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre is welcoming a new anesthesiologist who is now available to provide care to patients across Central Alberta.   

Dr. Patrick Agbanu has joined the anesthesia team at Red Deer Regional Health Centre. He is one of 16 anesthesiologists now practising in the facility.  

Many central Albertans had their plants covered up Sunday night, with Environment and Climate Change Canada issuing a frost advisory for parts of the region.

"Around this time of the year, because there is a vulnerability to plants, to crops, we do issue these frost advisories to give the general public a heads up about the potential for frost development," said Meteorologist Heather Pimiskern.

She notes areas west of Red Deer likely saw some frost overnight.

Red Deer resident Elizabeth K is $250,000 richer after winning big on a Rose Gold Scratch & Win ticket.   

“I scratched the ticket and thought I had won $25,000, which was great,” she said.  

The winner asked her daughter to take her to the store the following day to double-check and scan her ticket.  

About 250 people participated in the 44th annual Terry Fox Run held Sunday at Gateway Chrisitan School in Red Deer.

Organizers say that as of Sunday night, the event has raised $29,120, with that number expected to grow over the coming days. This year's total is the second-highest amount raised in the history of the Red Deer Terry Fox Run. The highest amount raised was $35,863 back in 2005.

The Olds College of Agriculture and Technology Animal Health Education Centre has opened its doors to students. 

The project began in 2020 and was completed in multiple phases. 

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will gather with his caucus on Parliament Hill today as he prepares to make another push to topple the Liberal government as early as next week.

The one-day caucus meeting ahead of the return of Parliament Monday will begin with a public address by Poilievre, who has maintained his party's commanding lead in the polls throughout the summer.

They are the last of the major parties to have a fall strategy session after the Liberals, NDP and Bloc Québécois all met last week.

On Monday Parliamentarians will return to the familiar stone walls of West Block in Ottawa to find the political landscape has shifted significantly.

When they last gathered in the capital the Liberals knew their prospects were poor after languishing in the polls for more than a year, but they were secure in the knowledge the New Democrats would prevent them from toppling before they table the next budget, at least.

But the summer saw several seismic shifts that mean the government will now operate as a true minority that could fall to an election at any time.

Passengers with plans to fly on Canada's largest airline can breathe a sigh of relief after Air Canada said Sunday it has reached a tentative agreement with the union representing more than 5,200 of its pilots. 

The news of a preliminary deal with the Air Line Pilots Association came shortly after midnight on Sunday when the airline issued a press release just days ahead of a potential work stoppage for Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge. 

The tentative deal averts a strike or lockout that could have begun on Wednesday, with flight cancellations expected before then.