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The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) has calculated that by Thursday, February 9th, 2023, a Canadian household of average income will have earned enough to pay for their entire year’s grocery bill.

Each year, CFA examines the proportion of income that Canadians spend on food as a way to explore year-over-year expenditure changes and raise consumers’ understanding of Canada’s food system, from Farm-Gate-to-Plate.

"I have been sick every single day since June 2016," said Jennifer Eaglesham, a Fort Saskatchewan mother of two.

For the last seven years, Eaglesham has been dealing with symptoms such as joint pain, migraines, rashes, internal tremors, muscle spasms, and slipping discs, among others. These symptoms would change on a daily basis. She went through dozens of tests, ultrasounds, x-rays, CT scans, and other operations.

The Harbour Pool will be opening up their doors next week after six weeks of maintenance. 

On Monday (Feb. 13) avid swimmers in the community will be able to return to the pool. 

Naomi Switzer, the aquatics operations supervisor, says the work went well. 

"We had a bit of a longer shutdown this year because one of the main projects that needed to be completed was one of our life-cycle items of re-grouting all of the pool basins," said Switzer. 

A transit driver has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder after two children were killed and six were seriously injured when a city bus crashed into a daycare north of Montreal.

Pierre Ny St-Amand, 51, appeared in court by video late Wednesday afternoon from a hospital room and will remain detained. Court documents show he faces a total of nine charges, including attempted murder, aggravated assault and assault causing bodily harm. The dead children were both four years old, identified in the documents only by their initials.

Bail has been set at $300,000 for a former actor in the movie "Dances With Wolves" who is facing eight sex-related charges in Nevada as police in Canada say more complainants there have come forward. 

Information from the North Las Vegas Court website says if Nathan Chasing Horse can post bail, he could be released on house arrest and would be electronically monitored. He cannot have contact with the complainants or any minors. 

Under Nevada law, Chasing Horse would have to pay 15 per cent of the bail — about $45,000. 

A farmer from central Alberta is the winner of SeedMaster's 160 acres of Gold Giveaway.

Ken Krwyko of Sturgeon County and his sons Dan and Brad run a fourth-generation farm growing oilseeds, cereals, wheat and barley on 3300 acres of cropland.

He's very excited about the win and working with SeedMaster, this will be his first experience using SeedMaster equipment.

"You’re always learning as a producer, so I’m looking forward to learning through this experience about how to grow a crop with SeedMaster."

A Redwater RCMP officer was seriously injured during a call in Thorhild earlier this week. 

On Tuesday (Feb. 7) afternoon, police responded to a call at a residence. 

During the call, the officer was attacked with a knife and received serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Cindy Chelsberg, a 48-year-old resident of the home, has been taken into custody.

Chelsberg has been charged with:

A Fort Saskatchewan woman is facing multiple charges for arson, including her alleged role in a large business fire last summer. 

RCMP say they responded to reports of a number of dumpster fires in the area of 99 Avenue and 99 Street in Fort Saskatchewan on Monday (Feb. 6).

Police obtained surveillance video and identified 33-year-old April Oleksyn as a suspect. 

Gymnasts from Fort Saskatchewan had a great start to their 2023 season. 

Girls from Fort Gymnastics Club travelled to Red Deer over the weekend to take part in the Exelta Cup. 

"We had our level one and two [gymnasts] and they get adjudicated, so the medals they get is based off their scores," said Paige Kellington, a coach with the club. "We [also] had our level three and fours who all compete against each other." 

Kellington says they had athletes between the ages of 8 and 12 compete at the event. 

Area RCMP officers took part in this year's Polar Plunge, an initiative for the Special Olympics.

Dave Ainsworth, alongside fellow members of Strathcona County RCMP, joined the charity plunge at Lake Summerside in Edmonton at the end of January.

Ainsworth once served with the UK Special Forces and says he wasn't unfamiliar with the cold.

"We did our training in Norway. It's very much on yourself to get yourself out of the water and get dressed," Ainsworth said. "The plunge had a lot less pressure, it was a lot more fun, and they had some awesome music going."