Strathmore

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The Royal Canadian Legion in Strathmore is putting together a fundraiser to help disabled veteran Mike Fielding.

According to the Legion, Fielding had his car stolen earlier this month, and the vehicle was eventually found destroyed.

"The ignition column was punched out, the culprits damaged the front end of the vehicle, and with it being a lower-value car, they just wrote it off," said Kevin Armitage, sergeant at arms at the Legion. "Now poor Mike is without a car and the proper means to pay for one, so I'm trying to help him out and find him another second-hand car."

The Strathmore and Wheatland County Christmas Hamper Society had their annual distribution day on Friday (Dec. 20).

Volunteers were working hard at the Strathmore Ag Grounds preparing hundreds of gifts for local families in need.

"We did 288 hampers and 378 toy bags, which is an all-time record," said Marilyn Galvin, president of the society. "It's really exciting to know that we've helped so many people this year."

The Strathmore Run Club plans to spread some Christmas cheer in the community this weekend.

Members will dress up as Santa, and on Saturday (Dec. 21) they will meet at Kinsmen Park by the Strathmore Municipal Building at 9 a.m.

"We're going to run around Gray's Park and down Wheatland again," mentioned Diana Baird, president of the club.

Baird says the HoHoHoliday 5K event is partnering with Make a Wish Canada.

"There's proceeds from the sale of the Santa suits, and there's other options for donations," says Baird.

The Town of Strathmore is reminding residents to renew their pet licenses.

50 percent of licensed pets are more likely to be reunited with their owners than unlicensed pets mentioned the town.

Animals over the age of six months are required to have a pet license.

The annual fee for spayed and neutered dogs is $30, and for dogs that aren't, it is $55.

If your cat is spayed/neutered it will cost $20 for a license and for cats that aren't spayed or neutered that charge will be $30.

This weekend on the Canadian Country Showcase, we have a special holiday edition of the show! Courtney Fielder catches up with many of your favourite artists this holiday season to talk about all things Christmas, from their favourite holiday movies to how many trees they have in their homes—and so much more.

Tune in to the Canadian Country Showcase every Saturday at 12 p.m. and Sunday at 4 p.m., exclusively on the Golden West Country Network.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is adding eight fresh faces to his cabinet in a shuffle today, though they may not have much time in those new roles after all.

Just before Trudeau moved to shore up his front bench Friday, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh declared he is finally ready to vote down the government and attempt to trigger a snap election in the new year -- though Parliament won't return for a month and he may not get that chance until March.

The New Democrats will bring forward a non-confidence motion to bring down the Liberals in the next sitting of the House of Commons, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Friday.

In the latest blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's struggling Liberal government, Singh wrote a letter address to Canadians in which he doubled down on his call for Trudeau to resign but also said the NDP will vote to bring down the government, regardless of who is at its helm. 

The family of a 52-year-old man who received medical assistance in dying while on a day pass from a Vancouver psychiatric hospital has launched a constitutional challenge to the procedure's legal framework.

The notice of civil claim filed Friday at the B.C. Supreme Court says the businessman and father of three, who suffered chronic back pain and long-term mental illness, suffered wrongful death in December 2022.

It accuses Dr. Ellen Wiebe and her clinic of malpractice, though none of the allegations have been proven in court.

Farm Credit Canada or FCC have announced the recipients of their 2024 FCC 4-H Club Fund. This fund helps provide 4-H clubs across Canada with money to use in their operations. The FCC Club Fund has been in operation since 2013 and has given out over $1 million to over 2100 4-H clubs across Canada. Hugh Maynard is the interim CEO with 4-H Canada, who understands the impact this funding can have.