Strathmore

It was a weekend full of highs and lows for the Agra Risk Wheatland Kings.

The Kings were defeated by the Medicine Hat Cubs 8-5 on Friday (Jan. 17). However, the club crushed the High River Flyers 8-0 on Sunday evening.

Cody Holdaway, general manager of the Kings says the group watched tape to see what went wrong against the Cubs.

"We know our mistakes, we know what we need to fix, and that was displayed on Sunday afternoon when we dominated the Flyers 8-0."

The winter season has the Strathmore Overnight Shelter operating near full capacity.

According to Elisabeth Karp, executive director of the shelter, they usually see an increase during the colder months.

"We changed our capacity. We were allowed 20 to begin with, but now we're allowed a total of 30 beds and around 40 people in to feed them and stuff like that."

The shelter increased its capacity after installing a series of bunk beds and received a grant allowing them to be open 24 hours a day.

The Alberta government released the most popular baby names from 2024 with Olivia and Noah taking the top spots once again. 

This is the sixth consecutive year that the name Noah has secured first place for boys, and the twelfth year Olivia has been the most common name for girls says a news release from the province.

Charlotte, Amelia, Emma, and Sophia ranked among the top five most popular names for baby girls, while Oliver, Henry, Theodore, and Liam were the top choices for baby boys. 

The Town of Strathmore has a way for residents to keep track of their waste carts.

The winter storm over the weekend brought 90 km/h winds to the area, which led to several residents losing track and misplacing their carts.

To help keep track of waste carts, the town has created a way for residents to register their carts with the town.

"Keeping an accurate log of waste carts helps locate carts when they are lost, stolen, or take a windy adventure down the street," wrote the town on social media.

The Great Canadian Roadtrip is getting ready to rock the Grey Eagle Resort & Casino.

Country singers like Jason McCoy, Chad Brownlee, and Jason Blaine will be performing.

The artists will hit the stage on Thursday (March 13) at 8 p.m.

104.5 More Country will give away tickets starting next week on Friday (Jan. 31).

Listen for the queue to text during the morning show for a chance to win.

If you want to get in early click here.

The City of Chestermere is hosting its Big Fun Planning Night on Monday (Jan. 20). 

The city is inviting the public to drop in and share their thoughts on the Municipal Development Plan.

The event runs from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Chestermere Recreation Centre and is designed to encourage the community to contribute to positively shaping Chestermere's future over the next 25 years.

The federal privacy watchdog says he's "concerned" about a data breach involving a student information system used across Canada, and his office is seeking more information from the U.S.-based company behind the targeted software.

Privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne says his office is in touch with PowerSchool, which provides the affected platforms to schools across North America.

Earlier this month, PowerSchool told school boards in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Alberta and elsewhere that it had experienced a data breach between Dec. 22 and 28.

Golden Hills School Division has announced Cori Hampson as the new Associate Superintendent of Learning Services.

"Cori has been a School Administrator in Golden Hills since 2016 and is currently the Director of Learning. She has her Master of Education in Instructional Leadership and Leading Assessment as well as a bachelor's in education with a minor in Psychology," says a news release from the division.

U.S. President Donald Trump's team is indicating he won't hit Canada with damaging tariffs on his inauguration day.

Shortly before Trump was sworn into office Monday, an incoming White House official who insisted on anonymity pointed reporters to a Wall Street Journal report that said instead of tariffs Trump will instead sign an executive order launching an investigation into alleged unfair trade and currency practices by Canada, Mexico and China.

Donald Trump is set to return to the White House with a massive agenda, leading a deeply divided United States on a starkly different path from his predecessor — and the Republican leader has signalled it means pushing away from America's closest neighbour and ally. 

Canadians will be anxiously watching inauguration day ceremonies to see what is among Trump's early priorities amid threats to slap Canada with a 25 per cent across-the-board tariff on Monday.