Airdrie

The City of Airdrie is urging residents to register to vote ahead of the 2025 municipal election, citing new provincial requirements under Bill 20.

Online registration is open at airdrie.ca/registertovote and will close Sept. 14. Residents can also register in person while voting between Oct. 8 and 20.

Ryan Straschnitzki's life has been an open book since he was seriously injured in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, and his story is soon to be shown on TV.

The 26-year-old from Airdrie, Alta., was paralyzed from the chest down in 2018, when a semi-trailer ran a stop sign and barrelled into the path of the junior hockey team's bus in rural Saskatchewan. 

Sixteen people died and 13 were hurt.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's former chief of staff is suing the fired CEO of the province's front-line health agency and the newspaper that first reported allegations of corruption in multimillion-dollar health contracts.

Marshall Smith has filed a statement of claim alleging defamation against former Alberta Health Services head Athana Mentzelopoulos, the Globe and Mail, and an unidentified person believed to be a former AHS board member.

Statistics Canada is set to release inflation data for April today.

Market data shows economists on average expect the annual rate of inflation cooled to 1.6 per cent last month, from 2.3 per cent in March.

The Liberal government eliminated the consumer carbon price at the start of April, offering motorists some relief at the pump.

Last month also marked the first full month of tariffs between Canada and the United States, though both sides have offered some exemptions in the trade dispute.

High-ranking officials from the world's top economies are in Banff, Alta., this week for a three-day summit that will cover topics including the global economy, the war in Ukraine and artificial intelligence.

The meeting comes during a period of heightened instability as U.S. President Donald Trump continues his tariff-driven effort to bring industry to American soil, leading many countries to reconsider their trade relationships with the United States and other trading partners.

A police incident in the Osborne Park area of southwest Airdrie ended late Monday with one individual taken into custody.

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• Update: Airdrie RCMP advising of heavy police presence in Osborne park area

Mounties said the suspect "has been arrested without use of lethal force and only minor injuries were sustained from the deployment of a police dog."

Just before 11 p.m., Airdrie RCMP advised the public that a police incident in the Osborne Park area of the city had been resolved.

"The suspect has been arrested without the use of lethal force, and only minor injuries were sustained from the deployment of a police dog. Alberta RCMP thanks the public for their assistance," police stated in a news release. 

Earlier Monday evening, police alerted the public to a heavy police presence in the area, asking residents to avoid it.

Canada Post says it has received strike notices from the union representing some 55,000 postal workers, with operations poised to shut down by the end of the week.

The Crown corporation says the union informed it that employees plan to hit the picket line starting Friday morning at midnight.

A work stoppage would affect millions of residents and businesses who typically receive more than two billion letters and roughly 300 million parcels a year via the service.

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Whether it’s the time you finally stood up for yourself, took control of your mental health, walked away from someone toxic, or just survived a tough chapter—you earned every inch of that strength.

We’ve got tickets to see Alessia Cara live at Grey Eagle Resort & Casino on May 23, and we want to send you! 

That’s the spirit we’re tapping into this week on Air 106. We are going to play Scars to Stars born for her hit “Scars to Your Beautiful.”

Prime Minister Mark Carney reaffirmed Canada's "steadfast and unwavering support" for Ukraine in his first meeting with the country's president on Saturday in Rome.

His meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy was one of several sitdowns with world leaders taking place in the Italian capital, where Carney — a devout Catholic — has travelled to attend the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV. The Prime Minister is making a concerted effort to meet with other G7 leaders ahead of the global summit Canada is hosting in Kananaskis, Alta., next month.