Strathmore

The Town of Strathmore is now under a Fire Restriction.

The restriction was put in effect on Monday, April 28, due to a moderate fire risk in the area.

"All previously issued open burn and fireworks permits have been cancelled," wrote the town on social media. "The Town will not be issuing new permits until the risk of fire subsides."

Despite the restriction, there are a few exemptions, including:

The Liberals have won their fourth mandate this time under the leadership of leader Mark Carney.

When Mark Carney formed government as Canada's 24th Prime Minister on March 14, 2025, he selected 34-year-old Kody Blois from the Kings-Hants riding in Nova Scotia as the Federal Minister for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Rural Economic Development.

Blois is heading back to Parliament after winning his riding last night. Expectations are that Carney could keep him in that role, but that will be determined when he announces his new cabinet in the days ahead.

Strathmore's Quesada location was celebrating its seventh year in town by raising money for a good cause.

On Saturday, April 26, the Mexican street food joint was donating every dollar made towards Strathmore District Health Services.

"We had a fantastic response from the town," said owner Raj Singh. "At lunch it was a bit slow, but the evening had a pretty good response."

Play Five Second Rule with Langdon Firehouse Bar & Grill tomorrow, April 30, at 8 a.m.

Keesyn Glawson will drop a category, and you've got to name three things in that category within five seconds to win.

The prize is a $25 gift card to the Firehouse.

For more information, click here.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will not have a seat in the next Parliament, after a stunning upset by Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy in the riding of Carleton. 

Poilievre's loss raises a host of questions about his ability to continue with the Conservative party leadership, and the role he will play as the House of Commons reconvenes. 

In his concession speech on election night, Poilievre pledged that Conservatives will "do our constitutional duty of holding government to account and proposing better alternatives." 

Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to unite the country and govern for all after Canadians handed the Liberals a fourth consecutive mandate in Monday's federal election.

"Who is ready," he shouted to cheers and applause and people chanting his name in a crowded hockey arena in Ottawa in the wee hours of the morning. "Who is ready? Who is ready to stand up for Canada with me? And who is ready to build Canada strong?"

Prime Minister Mark Carney will lead a minority government after a very close general election race that left the Liberals just three seats shy of a majority. 

Just before 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Elections Canada showed the Liberals projected to win 169 ridings after flipping one riding in Quebec from the Bloc Québécois earlier in the day. 

The Conservatives won 144 seats and will form the official Opposition again. The Bloc Québécois followed with 22 seats, the NDP with seven projected seats and the Green Party with one seat.

Conservative candidate David Bexte is the new MP for Bow River.

Canadians went to the polls for the 2025 federal election on Monday, April 28.

As of Tuesday, Bexte had 78.8 per cent of the vote in the riding, amounting to approximately 43,891 votes.

Bexte, who lives in Vulcan County, ran on a slogan of "family, community and country." He replaced former MP Martin Shields earlier this year after Shields announced he would not seek re-election.

Jagmeet Singh says he will step down as the leader of the NDP as soon as a new interim leader is chosen.

Singh conceded defeat in his British Columbia riding of Burnaby Central and the party is at risk of losing official party status.

With the NDP at risk of losing official party status — and after losing his own riding — Singh said he'd be stepping down as leader once the party selects an interim replacement.

"We may lose sometimes and those losses hurt," Singh said, fighting emotion as he stood beside his wife on a stage in Burnaby, B.C.

The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting a Liberal government following a short, intense and heated federal election campaign.

As of 10:22 p.m. EDT, the Liberals had received 50 per cent of the popular vote while the Tories held 39 per cent.

Preliminary results for 43 ridings show the Liberals taking 28 seats and the Conservatives holding 21, with the Bloc Québécois holding four seats.

The last polls in British Columbia and Yukon closed at 10 p.m. EDT, following the Prairies and the other territories half an hour earlier.