Strathmore

The Royal Canadian Legion branch in Montreal’s Verdun borough meets once a week in a community centre space it rents by the hour, less than 500 metres from the elegant brick building it sold over a decade ago when maintenance costs got too high. 

After years of rising rents, a forced move and general instability, its members are happy to have somewhere to meet. But president Darlene Harrison says one question keeps coming back: “When are we going to have our own home again?”

Stories passed down from elders tell how First Nations from afar would paddle their canoes to bathe in the hot springs on the territory of the Sts'ailes First Nation.

They believed the water contained medicine, said Sts'ailes Grand Chief William Charlie.

“Our people have been using it for tens of thousands of years," he said of the springs he called Qwólts, meaning boiling medicine water.

The Chief Executive Officer for Cereals Canada says a significant funding announcement will enable them to continue supporting markets around the world.

Dean Dias says they have received $7.3 million in funding from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership. He notes this substantial investment includes $6.6 million over three years from the AgriMarketing Program and $674,000 over five years from the AgriScience Program. 

The federal government is ordering the dissolution of TikTok's Canadian business after a national security review of the Chinese company behind the social media platform, but stopped short of ordering people to stay off the app.

Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced the government's "wind up" demand Wednesday, saying it is meant to address "risks" related to ByteDance Ltd.’s establishment of TikTok Technology Canada Inc.

The provincial government is looking to freeze the amount of money that rural municipalities pay for front-line policing services.

Back in 2019 as rural crime rose in Alberta, the province increased funding for RCMP services. The following year the government began a shared funding model, with municipalities paying 10 per cent of policing costs.

As the years went on the percentage rose, with 2023 costing municipalities 30 per cent. According to the province, the cost of policing is expected to rise to 39 per cent next year.

As residents gear up to honour veterans on Remembrance Day, the Town of Strathmore says roads will be closed for a special ceremony at the Royal Canadian Legion.

Related Stories:

• Several Remembrance Day ceremonies happening around Strathmore

• What is the significance behind the poppy?

Beverley Tosh is a Calgary artist with a passion for painting war brides.

In 2001, she created an 80th birthday portrait of her mother Dorothy, who had become a war bride during World War II.

"It was to honour her what I understood unique passage through life and her own history, especially the war-time history," says Tosh.

That's when War Brides: One-Way Passage was born, an exhibition focusing on women during wartime.

One Calgarian is celebrating after a huge Lightning Lotto win.

Vincent Giesinger won $709,913.50 on October 17.

According to a Western Canada Lottery Corporation news release, he received the winning ticket from the Sundance Petro Canada at 11 Sunpark Drive SE in Calgary.

“I looked up to see the amount and then did a happy dance,” Giesinger said. “So did the retailers.”

Elora Kiddle is the winner of the 2025 Calgary Stampede Poster contest.

Staff with the Stampede announced Kiddle's work as the official artwork on Wednesday morning.

Donald Trump clinched the United States election after a tumultuous campaign as Canadian officials espoused the important relationship between neighbours in congratulations to the former president on his extraordinary comeback.

"I will govern by a simple motto: promises made, promises kept," Trump said to cheering party faithful at a Florida watch party.

Trump was elected the 47th president of the U.S. amidst a deeply divided America by prevailing among voters in the key battleground states.