Strathmore

Root rots are the number one disease issue for pulse crops, significantly impacting pea and lentil fields across the Prairies.  Studies show that the disease which thrives in warm, wet conditions can cause a yield loss of anywhere from 60 to 84 percent.

Last year, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture conducted a pulse disease survey, which focused on the root rot disease complex.

The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 10 Strathmore held a special event on Sunday, May 4.

Several legion members were in attendance for the memorial, which commemorated the Battle of the Atlantic, the largest battle of World War II.

"It started literally on the first day of the war, with the first victims occurring at 10 p.m. that day off the north-west coast of Ireland," said legion president Donovan Arnaud.

Hype for Hospice kicked off at Kinsmen Park on Sunday, May 4.

The event featured a firetruck pull, a wine raffle, and a hike around Kinsmen Lake.

"It's to raise funds and awareness for a hospice that we're building here in Kinsmen Park," said Joni McNeely, chair of the Wheatland & Area Hospice Society. "This is our eighth year doing the hike, but a few years ago we changed it to include all three events."

It's expected to be a warm and sunny week in Strathmore, according to our forecast.

Monday, May 5, will be the coldest day of the week, with clear skies and a high of 16 C. The following night is predicted to reach a low of -3 C.

Following Monday, the lowest daytime high throughout the week will be 20 C, expected on Tuesday and Friday. Temperatures will be dropping to the single digits overnight, but none are expected to reach below freezing.

Alberta’s New Democratic Party has voted overwhelmingly to cut traditional membership ties with its federal counterpart.

Delegates in Edmonton voted Saturday to allow provincial members to opt out of joining the federal NDP, a move Leader Naheed Nenshi campaigned on last year.

In adopting the measure, the party is shedding what many considered a political albatross.

Nenshi told reporters the party's longtime practice of automatically signing up members to the federal party was a sticking point that scared some potential voters and members away.

Prime Minister Mark Carney will be watched closely by Canadians infuriated by Donald Trump — and by an anxious business community looking for tariff relief — when he meets with the U.S. president Tuesday in Washington.

After months of Trump's annexation threats, the newly elected prime minister will be tasked with a delicate balancing act — showing strength while maintaining Canada's place in a critical North American trade pact the president's tariffs have sought to upend.

Gleichen RCMP have found a missing teenage girl.

Police announced that 13-year-old Autumn Raweater was found safe on Saturday, May 3.

She was announced missing on April 28, with officers expressing concern for her well-being.

A Model T driver near Strathmore will be heading to Drumheller later this month to compete in the Blast from the Past event.

Aaron Ornburn has been working on Model Ts for five years. He was inspired to join after watching a Model T in High River with his father.

King Charles will visit Ottawa to deliver the speech from the throne at the end of this month in a show of support for Canadian sovereignty, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday.

The news came in his first press conference since leading the Liberals to a fourth straight mandate in Monday's election, where he laid out the priorities for his first few months, promising to "embark on the biggest transformation of our economy since the end of the Second World War." 

More than three quarters of Canadians believe misinformation had an impact on the outcome of the federal election, a new poll suggests.

The Leger poll, which sampled more than 1,500 Canadian adults from April 29 to May 1, suggests that 19 per cent of people think false information or misinformation had a major impact on the election.

Almost a third (32 per cent) said it had a moderate impact, while 26 per cent said it had a minor impact on the election's outcome.

Only nine per cent of Canadians said misinformation had no impact on the election at all.