Okotoks

The Calgary Police Service (CPS) is investigating a suspicious death in the south Calgary community of Legacy on Monday night (March 11).

Officers were called to a home in Legacy Boulevard S.E. at about 2 a.m. after reports of a man in medical distress after a violent altercation.

When officers arrived, they found the man dead.

One man was taken into custody, and according to CPS, the incident is believed to have been a targeted incident, with no risk to the public.

Emergency service crews in the M.D. of Willow Creek and the M.D. of Ranchland recently had their hands full.

The strong winds the region saw last Sunday caused a hectic 27 hours for emergency service crews.

The five fire stations in the area responded to four fires, six motor vehicle collisions, one potential ice rescue, one smoke investigation, and one property damage in that 27-hour period.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Canada will pay a "financial price" after vowing Tuesday to double the tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum imports in response to Ontario's surcharge on electricity exports to the United States.

"They will pay a financial price for this so big that it will be read about in History Books for many years to come!" Trump posted on social media.

High River's Street Sweeper has already been out cleaning up the town.

According to the Town, they took advantage of some nice weather last week and cleaned up some of the downtown streets and avenues.

The sweeper was also spotted in the Northwest of High River yesterday cleaning up the main thoroughfares.

However, the Town said the annual town-wide spring cleaning is still a few weeks away.

The cleanup usually happens in late April or May.

Taking care of your mental health is critical and farmers across the prairies are as vulnerable as any other industry, maybe even more so when you consider how stressful the industry can be. 

Farmers in Manitoba now have greater access to vital mental health resources thanks to the Manitoba Farmer Wellness Program (MFWP), which offers no-cost counseling to farmers, their families, and employees over the age of 16.  

During his final days in office, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing for long-promised reform to the RCMP. 

A government report released Monday, which highlights concerns about Canada's capacity to meet "the new threat environment," says it's time to modernize the police service to focus on "the most serious forms of criminality."

It says the government’s vision should be to establish the RCMP as a "world class, intelligence-led, federal policing organization."

Prairie farmers say planned Chinese retaliatory tariffs on Canadian agricultural products are causing loads of uncertainty, while threats of U.S. levies and industry issues have created further problems. 

Bill Prybylski, president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, says China's 100 per cent tariffs on canola oil, meal and peas scheduled for next week are already being felt, as markets have taken a hit. 

The Nanton RCMP are urging people to use caution around frozen lakes and other frozen bodies of water.

On Sunday (March 9), they responded to an incident in the Chain Lakes Reservoir.

An ice fishing shack had fallen through the ice, with several people driving a pickup truck onto the lake in an attempt to tow the structure out.

The incident prompted a reminder from the RCMP that venturing onto the ice during warmer periods presents a safety risk, especially when doing so with a vehicle.

CUPE Local 5040 is still on strike, with members holding a picket party at the Okotoks Recreation Centre on Monday (March 10) as the strike enters its third week.

According to CUPE Local president, Carla Penhalagan, while they have been on strike since February 24 to help support workers earn a more sustainable living, they would rather be back at work.

A Claresholm man is facing charges after police found copper wire, methamphetamine, a rifle, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in his vehicle.

Officers from the Nanton RCMP detachment responded to reports of a suspicious vehicle on Tuesday, Feb. 18.

According to the RCMP, upon stopping the vehicle, officers noted that the driver was "known to police" and they soon determined that he was not permitted to drive and the vehicle was neither registered nor insured.