Carstairs

Several public figures in Carstairs will be detained Saturday, with donations to the Mountain View Food Bank Society being the only way to secure their release.

Andrea Young, a community peace officer in the Town of Carstairs, discussed the Jail and Bail for Food event on Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. at the Carstairs Community Hall and its purpose.

Team Plett has delivered gold for Alberta — and now Canada — after winning the 2025 New Holland Canadian Under-20 Women’s Curling Championship in Summerside, P.E.I.

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Two Chinook’s Edge students advanced to the national science fair after winning gold medals at the Central Alberta Rotary Science Fair at Red Deer Polytechnic on March 29.

Claire Friesen, a Grade 9 student from Cremona School, won a gold medal and “Best of Fair” in the Grade 7 to 12 category and was invited to the national science fair. Her project is called “What goes up must come down.” This is Friesen’s third invitation to attend the national science fair.

A semi-trailer jackknifed on the QEII between Highway 2A and Highway 581 Wednesday morning has been cleared. 

Two earlier incidents on the northbound QEII near the same junction were cleared earlier in the morning. A semi jackknifed just south of Highway 581 around 7:02 a.m., with a follow-up update at 7:35 a.m. confirming the vehicle had been cleared.

A jack-knifed semi-trailer that was blocking the northbound QEII just south of the Highway 581 junction, southeast of Carstairs, has been cleared. 

The incident was reported shortly after 7:00 a.m., according to 511 Alberta. Southbound traffic had already been affected earlier in the morning when a semi spun out near Township Road 310, northeast of Carstairs. That crash was cleared by 6:54 a.m., but one lane was closed while emergency crews responded.

Highway conditions in and around Airdrie remained treacherous on Wednesday morning, with snow, ice, and zero visibility reported across multiple routes. 

According to 511 Alberta, Highway 2 is partly covered in snow south toward Calgary and north past the Highway 2A junction, with shoulder ice, icy sections, slush, and limited visibility reported.

A recent report by the Canada Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) has given the Alberta government a D- for its efforts in protecting the province’s land and water.

The D- is an upgrade from the F it received from CPAWS back in 2021.

According to the reports, the governments of Newfoundland and Labrador, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario received the lowest grades, ranging from D- to F.

Four Chinook’s Edge students have qualified for the Skills Alberta Provincial competitions in May after earning top placements at recent regional events in Red Deer and Calgary.

According to Chinook's Edge, the four students who qualified for the provincials include:

On Wednesday, Chinook’s Edge School Division (CESD) named Chris Adamson as the new Associate Superintendent of Learning Services.

Adamson will assume the role in August 2025.

“Chris is highly regarded in his current and previous roles as a skilled educator and leader who has developed high levels of trust with students, parents, and staff as well as school and division administrators,” says Kurt Sacher, Superintendent of Chinook’s Edge School Division. “We appreciate Chris’ deep commitment to instructional leadership, professional learning, and system-wide improvement.”

École Olds High School (EOHS) students are happy with the success of the Horizons Leadership Conference they helped to host on March 6.

Chinook's Edge School Division explained close to 150 students attended the one-day event from several Chinook’s Edge schools and from neighbouring school divisions.

According to the Horizons website, the conference is designed to motivate, inspire, and inform participants about making their school a better place to live and learn.