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Join Us for the Alberta Day of Caring for Jasper: Bottle Drive at Air 106.1!

Mark Your Calendars! On Wednesday, July 31st, Air 106.1 in Airdrie is proudly participating in the Alberta Day of Caring for Jasper—a province-wide initiative to support those affected by the recent Jasper Wildfire. We’re teaming up with radio stations across Alberta to make a meaningful impact, and we need your help!

The Alberta Association of Agricultural Societies has announced that there are facilities available for wildfire evacuees, several of those facilities are in Rocky View County and neighbouring Mountain View County.

On its website, The Agricultural Society has a map with the location details, as well as what the facilities include and contact details.

Multiple local fire departments have announced that they have deployed members to Jasper as a devastating wildfire has breached the town. 

Carstairs Fire Department shared that they have sent equipment as well as three members to assist in firefighting efforts, adding they picked up a member from the Didsbury Fire Department, driving through the night to reach the town.

Calgary Stampede Lotteries has announced the winners of the 2024 Stampede Lotteries draws.

"The prize winners were randomly selected on Wednesday, July 17. Congratulations to all The Greatest Winners!" The Calgary Stampede stated.

Local winners

• Kinsmen Million Winners (groceries for a month): Marco Cesario, Airdrie  

• Kinsmen Million Winners (fuel for a month): Shaun Byrne, Rocky View County

Mike Ellis, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services made a stop north of Airdrie on Thursday to announce that $4.3 million in funding has been invested in the Alberta Sheriffs to fight rural crime.  

Minister Ellis made the announcement in Carstairs alongside Mayor, Lance Colby, saying that the investment supported the establishment of two plainclothes teams – one in northern Alberta and one in southern Alberta – to support police in carrying out surveillance on criminal targets in rural areas.

Alberta Mounties have provided an update on an incident that occurred late last month involving the exchange of gunfire between police and a suspect near Carstairs.

According to Mounties, as a result of the investigation by the Southern Alberta District General Investigation Section and Calgary Police Service into the incidents leading up to the officer-involved shooting, charges have been pursued against a 34-year-old Calgary resident, Stefan Service. 

Today around 2:10 p.m., the Carstairs Fire Department was dispatched to a grass fire in the east ditch of the QEII northbound lanes, between Township Road 293 and 294. 

The fire is believed to have been started by a discarded cigarette. Thankfully, the fire was contained quickly.

With the Airdrie area under a heat warning, the ditches, and all other areas, are extremely dry right now. By throwing a cigarette out your window, you are risking property damage, and the lives of those around and the first responders who have to deal with the fires.

The Calgary Police Service has issued a statement regarding an officer-related shooting that occurred north of Airdrie late on Friday night.

According to CPS, a Calgary police officer discharged their firearm during the police incident east of Carstairs. 

Alberta RCMP has released details on a police incident that occurred late on Friday night and into Saturday morning which shut down a portion of the QEII north of Airdrie, near Carstairs.

NB QEII btwn TwpRd 310 & Hwy581, east of Carstairs - police incident & investigation is clear. NB lanes have been reopened. (10:58am) #ABRoads

An earlier police incident that occurred east of Carstairs has since been cleared and both the northbound and southbound lanes of the QEII near Township Road 301 and Highway 581 are re-opened to traffic. 

Earlier on Saturday, Alberta RCMP had advised that Southbound traffic on the QEII was open after the police incident, though northbound traffic was still being detoured earlier this morning.