Strathmore

Police in Drumheller made a significant drug seizure earlier this week.

On Wednesday (June 11) officers stopped a vehicle along Highway 56. Police checks revealed that the driver had an outstanding warrant out of Edmonton.

Police say that they discovered what is believed to be methamphetamine while dealing with the vehicle's passengers. This led to all occupants being arrested and the vehicle being searched.

According to RCMP, they discovered:

A playground in Langdon is getting an upgrade. 

The Langon Park's playground is closing June 16 to 25. Construction crews are replacing the gravel with new, safety-approved material designed to improve water drainage, increase durability, and better absorb impact. 

The improvements overall aim to create a safer, more comfortable play area for children.

The park will remain available to the public; however, access to the playground area will be restricted during construction. 

Mitch Stanley Maga, a student at Holy Cross Collegiate, was given the Rescuer Award by Canadian Red Cross.

Maga was presented the award on Tuesday (June 10) after trying to save the life family friend and father figure Len Voerman in February.

Maga checked on Len after hearing concerns from Len's wife, Gail, about how he was not answering her calls. After knocking on the door to no answer, Maga made his way to the back of the home.

Foot-and-mouth disease is a highly contagious and severe disease that affects cattle, sheep, swine, and other cloven-hoofed animals making it hard for them to eat and walk, leaving them weak and sick.

The FMD vaccine bank builds on existing protections for the livestock industry and equips producers with another tool to control and eliminate the disease should an outbreak occur.

Budget 2023 committed $57.5 million over five years, with $5.6 million ongoing, to the CFIA to establish the FMD vaccine bank and response plans.

Two years ago, more than 120,000 federal public servants went on strike after negotiations broke down.

Now, the union representing those workers is going back to the bargaining table with the government with the goal of securing greater job security and remote work options for its members.

The Public Service Alliance of Canada says next week's initial meetings offer its first opportunity to present priorities identified by members, such as better wages, greater job security and stronger provisions for remote work.

This year's wildfire season in Canada is shaping up to be the second-worst on record and federal officials are warning of a dangerous summer in parts of British Columbia.

Officials with several government departments held a technical briefing Thursday in Ottawa with an update on the state of multiple wildfires and its forecast for the coming months.

The Alberta government says it is considering letting oil companies inject wastewater deep underground as a way to manage the toxic tailings that are accumulating in the oil sands.

The idea is one of five being put forward by a government-appointed committee tasked with studying potential tailings management options.

A new report from the committee says injecting mine water underground is a practical solution but considering over 1.4 trillion litres of tailings exist as of 2023 it can't be the only option.

A former health-care agency leader is asking a judge to deliver a quick decision on her wrongful dismissal lawsuit against the Alberta government, but the province says it will push back.

Athana Mentzelopoulos, the former CEO of Alberta Health Services, or AHS, has applied for a summary judgment on the legality of her January firing, which would avoid sending the case to trial.

The Strathmore Municipal Library is accepting book donations. 

The books will be collected throughout June for the library's biannual book sale. Donations will be accepted up until the end of the sale in July. 

Some accepted donations are:

• Hardcover and paperback fiction.
• Recent non-fiction.
• Picture books.
• DVDs and Blu-ray discs.

The library asks that these donations are in good condition. 

Some unaccepted items are: