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It's almost election season across Alberta. The 2025 Strathmore municipal election is scheduled to take place on October 20.

Mayor of Strathmore Pat Fule is set to run again for a third term in the mayor's seat.

Fule was elected to the council in 2010 and took over the mayoralty in 2017.

Making the decision to run for a third term was not an easy one for Fule, but he explained that he has a newfound energy for the job.

When it comes to Neapolitan ice cream, what flavour do Strathmore residents like the most?

We shared a poll between the three iconic flavours on our website, with residents choosing which one they like the most - chocolate, strawberry, or vanilla?

A total of 82 votes were made in the poll, declaring chocolate the victor with 26 votes (31.71 per cent).

Just behind chocolate was strawberry, which received 24 votes in total (29.27 per cent)

Wheatland County and Rocky View County have lifted their fire advisories.

The advisory for Rocky View County was lifted on Monday (June 23), while the Wheatland County advisory was lifted the following day.

The advisories were lifted after a weekend of wet and cold weather which brought around 60 millimeters of rain to the area.

"Although conditions have changed with the recent precipitation, we ask for the public’s continued assistance in remaining vigilant when burning under what restrictions allow," wrote Rocky View County through social media.

Alberta's auditor general has been granted his request for nearly $1 million in extra funding to dig deeper into allegations of corruption in private health care contracts.

Auditor general Doug Wylie says the scope and complexity of the probe means his office needs to hire additional help and cover legal costs.

Members from both the United Conservative Party government and Opposition NDP who sit on the legislature committee that approved the request say Wylie is doing important work.

Tara Sawyer of the United Conservative Party has won the provincial by-election in Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills, while Alberta’s New Democrats have captured both Edmonton ridings, according to unofficial results from Elections Alberta.

Elections Alberta says all vote counts remain unofficial until the official tabulation is completed on July 3.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is set to announce today next steps in her plan to challenge what she and her government have called unfair intrusions from the federal government.

Smith will be in Calgary to announce details of the Alberta Next Panel. 

She will be joined by Adam Legge of the Business Council of Alberta at a news conference in Heritage Park.

Rob Pirie is looking to be re-elected as the trustee of Golden Hills School Division (GHSD).

Pirie announced his bid on Saturday (June 21), with election day taking place on Oct. 20.

“It’s been a privilege to serve the students, families, and educators of Golden Hills,” said Pirie.

“Over the past term, we’ve faced real challenges but also made meaningful progress. I’m running for re-election because there’s still important work to do to ensure our schools remain strong, innovative, and inclusive.”

A top federal official said fixing the payroll problems caused by Phoenix cost taxpayers more than $5 billion — and they'll keep paying extra to run two public service payroll platforms at once as Ottawa weans itself off the problem-plagued system.

Alex Benay, associate deputy minister at Public Services and Procurement Canada, said the alternative to running the Phoenix system in tandem with its replacement, Dayforce, would have been worse.

"The unfortunate situation is there's no easy path," he said. "This is the one that's going to impact employees the least."

A survivor of a rockfall last week in Banff National Park is remembering his 33-year-old roommate, who didn't make it out alive from under the rubble, as a kind and generous friend.

Khaled Elgamal says Hamza Benhilal of Surrey, B.C., was one of two people who died after a slab of mountain gave way Thursday, raining rock down on hikers at Bow Glacier Falls, about 200 kilometres northwest of Calgary.