Strathmore Library accepting donations for upcoming book sale

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: 

Chestermere road to be fully closed for construction

The City of Chestermere alerted residents that a road will be closed for construction.

From June 23 to July 7, construction crews will be installing a sanitary line on Rainbow Road between Springmere Drive and Windermere Drive.

The road will be fully closed, but a detour route will direct traffic. 

The City of Chestermere reminds motorists to follow all signage and to plan in advance. 

Alberta premier faces raucous, angry town hall on province's coal policy

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and three of her ministers got an earful on Wednesday night from southern Alberta locals at a rowdy, hours-long town hall to discuss the province's coal policy.

About 500 people, dressed in cowboy hats, belt buckles, and jeans, packed a community hall in Fort Macleod, Alta., for an event marked by heckling, competing applause and placards.

Family says Canadian dentist was aboard Air India flight that crashed after takeoff

The Canadian citizen believed to be on an Air India flight that crashed shortly after takeoff is a dentist from Mississauga, Ont., her family has confirmed.

The husband of Nirali Sureshkumar Patel said she was on board the London-bound flight that crashed Thursday, killing at least 240 people.

Patel's dental clinic referred The Canadian Press to the husband, who said that he was in the process of booking travel to India for himself and the couple's one-year-old child.

Local business teeing off for Wheatland County Food Bank

Strathmore Seed will be hosting a golf tournament, with all funds raised going towards the Wheatland County Food Bank.

The tournament called Holes for Hunger will take place on July 9 at the Strathmore Golf Club.

Blair Peregrym, Chief Executive Officer for Strathmore Seed, explains why they contribute to the community.

Pulse sector fights anti-green trend

U.S. president Trump has attacked the sustainability movement, but a major pulse player urges investors to stick with the industry

A Canadian food industry executive is telling pulse companies to stick with their sustainability messaging despite attempts by powerful people to undermine the movement.

Murad Al-Katib, president of AGT Food and Ingredients, said U.S. president Donald Trump has been very vocal about his disdain for the green movement.

Several ducklings saved by Strathmore firefighters

Strathmore firefighters came to the rescue of several little ducklings.

The Strathmore Fire Department responded to a call about ducklings stuck in storm drain on Sunday (June 1) at 11:00 a.m. 

"A mother duck had walked over a storm drain and the ducklings had fallen in," explained firefighter Alaine Sharpe. "We pulled up the grate covering it, and one of the firefighters went in and handed them up and out of the storm drain." 

The four-man crew was able to reunite nine ducklings with the mother.