Strathmore

Horseshoe Crossing High School is set to celebrate its official grand opening.

According to Rocky View Schools, the facility opened in September 2024 serving Grade 9-11 students in Langdon, Dalemead, Indus, and Janet, and this addition will add Grade 12 students next year.

Relatives of two murdered Indigenous women expressed shock, hope and anger Thursday, after receiving news that potential human remains have been found at a landfill where their loved ones were believed to have been taken.

"I think the shock of everything has finally hit me," Melissa Robinson, a cousin of Morgan Harris, said at a press conference sitting beside other relatives

"To every one of you that said no (to a search), to every one of you that didn't believe in us, do better," said Harris's daughter Elle Harris.

Ann Horn is our Volunteer of the Month for February.

Horn currently serves as the Chair of The Strathmore Library Board and was very shocked to hear she won.

"I'm super excited the Library Board is a group of people, and we work together as a team, and I couldn't do it without them."

The reason why Horn got involved in the library is because she loves to read and meet new people.

"I just moved to Strathmore, and I wanted to meet a group of people. The main reason I did it is I love to read. I've been in a book club for over 25 years."

The Agra Risk Wheatland Kings aren't going out without a fight.

The Kings met with the Medicine Hat Cubs for a suspenseful game at the Strathmore Family Centre Arena on Wednesday, Feb. 26, in game three of their best-of-three series. By the end of the matchup, the Kings won with a final score of 6-4.

The game started good for the Kings when they scored their first goal halfway through the first period. However, the Cubs evened the score just 20 seconds later. The Kings scored once more, ending the first period up 2-1. 

Multiple polls now suggest the next federal election will be a tight race, and at least one major pollster has the Liberals leading the Conservatives for the first time in nearly four years.

A survey from Ipsos released this week suggests that if an election were held today, 38 per cent of Canadians would support the Liberals and 36 per cent would back the Conservatives.

That's a major shift from just six weeks ago, when the Conservatives held a 26-point lead in Ipsos polls.

The Prairie Watershed On-Farm Climate Action Project (PWCP) is expanding, and it's good news for farmers in Manitoba. The project, which has been helping farmers reduce their environmental footprint since 2022, is getting a significant boost from the Canadian government.

Lynda Nicol, Executive Director of the Manitoba Association of Watersheds (MAW), explains how phase one of the program has been a huge success.

Students at Trinity Christian Academy in Strathmore held a student election earlier this month.

According to junior high humanities teacher Amanda Gass, the election was held between the Grade 6 and Grade 9 social studies classes.

"In Grade 9 we study federal politics and in Grade 6 we study local politics, so this was a marriage between those two ideas," said Gass. "The idea was to give the Grade 9's the chance to do some background research on some hands-on, real-world examples about what it would take to create a political party."

Ryan Straschnitzki will be front and centre for an upcoming mental health fair in Chestermere.

Straschnitzki is a survivor of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash that ended the lives of 16 players in 2018 after a transport truck ran a stop sign near Armley, Saskatchewan. He was also left paralyzed from the chest down.

The event will be held at the Chestermere Recreation Centre on Saturday, March 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Since the crash, Straschnitzki has embarked on speaking tours and will be the special guest this time around in Chestermere.

The northern lights lit up the sky in Strathmore early Wednesday morning.

Robyn Kloosterhof has been taking photos of the dazzling light shows for over two years.

"My husband gets up early for work about 4 a.m. Often that is when they're doing their best thing, and I have a really large picture window in my bedroom. I've kind of got over time a bit of a trained eye to see when I look outside through the window what the haze looks like," added Kloosterhof.

The City of Calgary and Rocky View County have approved the Prairie Economic Gateway Agreement, which is expected to bring $7 billion in economic growth.

The agreement was approved on Tuesday, Feb. 18, and will enable greater trade and access to global markets through a proposed inland port.

“Three years ago, I envisioned a bold new future for Calgary, where our city could be home to the strongest inland port in North America,” said Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek. “Today, I am proud to say we are turning that vision into reality.”