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Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Friday that Canada strongly condemns a new surge of "horrifying violence" perpetrated by gangs in Haiti.

Gang violence has increased in the Caribbean nation in recent weeks and the UN says gangs now control 85 per cent of the capital city of Port-au-Prince.

Kenya is leading a multinational security mission to restore order after gangs drove out the former prime minister with targeted attacks earlier this year.

A transition council is now leading the nation, with the goal of holding elections next year.

Here's a look at some of this week's top news photos as selected by editors.

A man uses an umbrella to shield himself from the rain while walking on the Stanley Park seawall across the water from downtown Vancouver, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Olivier Ciarlo has been stellar in his first season with the Okotoks Oilers, picking up his fourth win in five games with a 3-2 victory over the Cranbrook Bucks tonight (Oct. 25).

The Green and Gold have now won three games in a row and lead the season series against Cranbrook 2-1 after winning tonight on the road. The Oilers struggled on the road to start the season but have now won their past two road games. The Bucks were coming into the game with an 8-2-0 record and had only lost one game at home in the 2024-2025 BCHL season.

With the winter approaching rapidly CN Rail is looking at a lot of movement coming as winter approaches the prairies.

With plenty of grain left in prairie bins following the harvest, CN Rail will be moving quite a bit of that to buyers over the coming months.

Assistant Vice President of Grain at CN Rail David Przednoweck says that they've been seeing a lot of movement over the previous two weeks.

Residents in smaller communities may be able to use golf carts to get around town.

Currently, the provincial government us working with the Town of Coaldale on a pilot program that will allow for limited use of golf carts in their community.

Through this program, municipalities will be granted the flexibility to adopt different transportation modes, which will help to reduce congestion, improve the quality of life for residents, as well as enhance the mobility of residents and increase recreational options.

A new type of round-up is going to provide money to those who work with twine.

The Great Twine Round-up is a new province-wide initiative that will help promote recycling of used plastic baler twine.

It is a contest put on by Cleanfarms and the Agricultural Plastics Recycling Group, and groups, such as 4-H clubs or nonprofit organizations or charities that support agriculture, are eligible for one of four $3,000 prizes for simply recycling used twine.

Through this contest, they are hoping to tackle the environmental impact plastic baler twine has on the province.

Jacob Goudreau is playing his first season in the BCHL and repping a Green and Gold sweater but it's not his first time playing in Okotoks as he was a part of the Drumheller Dragons of the AJHL in his two previous seasons.

Goudreau came over this season with Coy Pighin, Jamie Hikida, and Oilers assistant captain Cyle Clayton from the Dragons.

"It's been a pretty easy transition, (Dragons) play a very similar style and that's why Deis (Oilers head coach) brought us here," Goudreau mentioned.

The Highwood Mustangs had two Volleyball games over the week with the JV Girls playing on Monday (Oct. 21) and the SV Boys on Tuesday (Oct. 22).

The Mustangs JV Girls played against the Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School (STS). Highwood would take the first set 25-22 even after STS made a close set, scoring eight points near the end of the set.

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The Diamond Valley Fire Rescue is warning people about a scam.

They took to Facebook to warn residents that people are going around town pretending to be members of the fire department.

They are using high pressure sales tactics to sell uncertified fire prevention materials.

These scammers may try to also reach out to people through Facebook.