Local News

A few local hockey players are looking to earn a spot on the Team Alberta U16 roster this fall.  

The Alberta Cup Hockey Tournament was held in Red Deer on April 24.  

Team Alberta Red took gold with local players Hudson Pineda on defence, and Nolan Ilsley and Max Mullen as forwards.   

Three Saskatchewan Credit Unions have agreed to merge, creating a new chapter of financial opportunity in the province.  

The membership votes are in on the Conexus, Cornerstone and Synergy Credit Union merger, showing a solid core of support from each of the three systems. 

The resolution was passed with 87.5 percent of Conexus members voting in favour, 86.5 percent in favour from Cornerstone and 88.7 percent from Synergy giving the OK. 

Winnipeg Police Service have arrested two individuals for drug-related charges and found a sizeable amount of cash. 

On June 15, at approximately 11:14 p.m., officers from the Traffic Division stopped a vehicle in the 2200 block of McPhillips Street. The vehicle was being operated by a 21-year-old with a suspended licence. 

Officers also discovered drug paraphernalia, cell phones, and close to $100,000 in Canadian currency during the traffic stop. The driver, as well as the 17-year-old passenger, were arrested. 

The Town of Diamond Valley is beginning their gravel road maintenance today (Wednesday, June 18).

Crews will be out milling and grading sections of gravel roads to help improve the driving conditions in town and restore the road's surface quality.

While they are out completing the work, residents can expect dust and noise, and the work may affect driveway access, temporarily, while crews are actively working in an area.

Original Humboldt, just west of the city, will be the focus of a special event celebrating the unveiling of a new art piece that will find permanent residence on the historic site.  

“We’re inviting the public to the Original Humboldt site on Monday, June 23 at 2:30 pm where we’ll be having tours of the land to talk about the exciting new things going on,” says Cultural Services Director Jennifer Fitzpatrick. 

Judge Shauna Hewitt-Michta has ordered a mental health assessment for the 16-year-old youth who was arrested in last week's physical attack against a fellow student Brandon's Neelin High School.

The mental health assessment will be conducted to determine the accused's mental state now and at the time of the attack. 

A man from St. Pierre was hospitalized as the result of a fatal crash Tuesday morning north of Winnipeg. 

At 11 am, Selkirk RCMP and RCMP Central Traffic Services responded to the crash on Highway 8, north of Bay Road in the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews.

Officers responded immediately, along with Emergency Medical Services and the local fire department. When they arrived, officers observed a large truck on its side in the west ditch and a sedan in the middle of the road.

A 36-year-old man is dead following a crash Tuesday morning just north of St. Andrews Airport.

Selkirk RCMP say the crash, involving a large truck and a car, happened at around 11 a.m. on Highway 8 just north of Bay Road. 

When officers arrived at the scene, they found a large truck on its side in the west ditch and a car in the middle of the road. 

RCMP say the large truck was travelling south on Highway 8 and the sedan was heading northbound when the car suddenly veered into the other lane, colliding head-on with the truck. 

Nearly two decades ago, Lexiss Jefferson recognized the need for a space for musicians to play that wasn't a bar. That's when Gordie's Coffee House was conceived.

"There's a chapel beside the sanctuary at Gordon King Memorial United Church [in Glen Elm], affectionately known here in the neighbourhood as the Big Red Church," said Jefferson. "We unchapelized the chapel, which was mostly a storage room at the time, and we filled it with comfortable chairs, tables and couches and fixed it up."

The Town of Ponoka has announced a temporary power outage today, weather permitting, from 9 a.m. to approximately 1 p.m. in parts of town.

The planned outage will affect properties on the following streets as crews conduct electrical maintenance:

• On 38 Avenue Close between 46 Street and the Battle River

• On 46 Street between 38 Avenue Close and the alley west of 37 Avenue (between 46 Street and the Battle River)