Strathmore

The Strathmore Spartans are heading to Calgary this weekend.

The team's first trip to the city this season features an unusual midday match against the Centennial Coyotes on Friday (Sept. 20).

In the Spartan's previous game against the Chinook Coyotes, the Spartans suffered a home loss of 50-10. 

"We were a little overmatched, but I thought the team played pretty hard. Still, there were a lot of mental mistakes being made," said coach Danny Warrack.

Drumheller RCMP has found 15-year-old Sierra Pope after she was reported missing a few days ago.

Police put out a call for help on Monday (Sept. 16) to try to find her.

"The Drumheller RCMP would like to thank the public, media, assisting police and community agencies for all their assistance in this case," says Staff Sgt. Robert Harms, detachment commander with the Drumheller RCMP.

According to a news release, RCMP previously said they thought she could have been in Drumheller or Calgary, but they didn't provide a location where she was found.

The Strathmore Spartans senior boys' volleyball team came home from the weekend with a win in a provincial tournament.

The team won gold at the Dinos tournament; a 20-team event held at the University of Calgary.

"We were all super excited. Strathmore has never won that tournament, so that was pretty impressive," said Jared Rilling, a Spartans player. "Most of us have played since Grade 6, so it's all coming together in our Grade 12 year. We have a great group of kids."

It's been over two weeks since kids packed up their books and headed back to school in Strathmore.

Molly Jarvis, a pharmacist and pharmacy manager at Mint Health and Drugs in Langdon says the best way to keep your kids safe from sickness while they go to school is to have them wash their hands and social distance.

"Same thing at home. If your kid's showing signs of being sick keep them home if we can and that stops the spread as quickly as we can."

A Strathmore business is hoping that residents will come down and pet some loveable cats this weekend.

The Happy Cat Sanctuary of Alberta is gearing up for its new adoption centre grand opening.

The event will take place this Saturday (Sept. 21) from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Co-founder of the sanctuary Michelle Shave says the program is open to anyone who wants to stop by and hang out with some furry friends.

Emma Bittorf took home some hardware during a recent golf tournament.

Bittorf won the title in the Women's Net Stableford division during the 2024 Canadian All Abilities Championship.

She says it was an exciting experience.

"I had goals set and I wanted to win the next Stableford, and I did."

According to Golf Canada, Bittorf defeated three-time defending champion Tess Trojan to win the title for the first time.

Happy mom Dawn Bittorf says it was incredible to watch her daughter win.

Strathmore & Area Adult Inclusive Learning (SAIL) had some surprise guests at their recent class.

A group of filmmakers from the Netherlands were visiting Crowther Memorial Junior High School as they were gathering footage for an upcoming documentary series based on immigration.

"There are a lot of Dutch people who went abroad to a far better life in another country or continent," said director Paul Ruigrok. "We are making a series about those people who went out of the country between 1890 and 1930, about a hundred years ago."

There's some good news for Canada's pulse sector as industry representatives gather this week in Winnipeg for the Annual Pulse and Special Crops Convention.

India announced late last week that it would once again extend the timeline for duty-free imports of yellow peas until December 31st, 2024.

India originally lifted the duties on pea imports on a temporary basis in December of 2023 and has continued to issue temporary extensions since then, while the import duty exemption on lentils is in place through March 31, 2025.

Four siblings from Calgary became $1 million richer after winning the August 16 Lotto Max draw.

Theresa Lowe, Eliza Poon, Christina Louie, and Joseph Wong have been playing the lottery together for over a decade.

The siblings were stunned to discover that they had won.

“We had a hard time believing we won until we got a call from the lottery office confirming our win,” said Lowe. “And even after that, we were still in disbelief.”

They started by purchasing lottery tickets at the store before switching to Subscription Spot so they wouldn't miss a draw.

P&H Milling Group, a division of Parrish & Heimbecker Limited, have started construction on a new, state-of-the-art flour milling facility in Red Deer County. 

A sod-turning event earlier this month marked the start for the $241 million facility which will have the capacity to mill an estimated 750 metric tonnes of wheat daily from Western Canadian farmers.