Update: One dead in multi-vehicle collision on Highway 14
One man was killed in a multi-vehicle collision on Highway 14 on Wednesday (Nov. 30) afternoon.
Strathcona County RCMP says they were called to a serious multi-vehicle collision just east of Range Road 205 at about 3:02 p.m.
Upon arriving, police say they discovered that a Dodge Ram travelling westbound collided head-on with a semi-truck travelling eastbound.
The 26-year-old man driving the Dodge Ram was transported to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The passenger, a 59-year-old man from Spruce Grove, was killed.
Fort Sask resident shares their earthquake experience
Even though Tuesday (Nov. 29) night's earthquakes happened more than 100 kilometres away from Fort Saskatchewan, plenty of people still felt its effects.
The focal point of the tremors came 26 kilometres away from Peace River in the northern part of the province. Shockwaves travelled as far away as Edmonton.
Rigel Carias, a local resident, was sewing when she noticed shaking in her house.
BGC Fort Saskatchewan in need of new mentors
The Fort Saskatchewan BGC is hoping to bring back its mentorship program, they just need the volunteers.
BGC used to have two different types of mentorship programs. One of them was called 'Be A Buddy', which took place all around the community. The other was an in-school program.
Concern growing over the right-to-repair equipment
The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan is speaking out regarding the right-to-repair equipment.
APAS President Ian Boxall says the concern focuses around a farmers ability to perform basic maintenance or repairs on their own equipment.
Sherwood Park house fire cause revealed
Strathcona County Emergency Services have provided an update on last Friday's (Nov. 25) house fire in Sherwood Park.
Firefighters were called to a single-family home in the Meadowview area at around 3:30 that afternoon. They responded with two firetrucks, a tower truck, an on-duty platoon chief, and support personnel.
Devin Capcara, the deputy chief for Strathcona County Emergency Services, describes how they responded.
Local musician featured in Netflix's Love Is Blind
An Edmonton musician got quite the shock when he realized a few songs he made years ago were featured on the popular Netflix series Love Is Blind.
Josh Sahunta is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist who has been making music in his Edmonton studio for years. Some locals may even recognize him for the shows he's played in Fort Saskatchewan.
In the past few months, Sahunta had several of his friends asking him if he had a song in the Netflix series Love Is Blind.
"I told all of them it wasn't [me]," Sahunta said.
Fort Sask Legion raises thousands for local dart player
The Fort Saskatchewan Legion raised thousands of dollars for a local dart player.
Jaxson Danis, 13, is less than a week away from hopping on a plane to the Netherlands to take part in the World Dart Masters. To help pay for the expenses of such a big trip, the legion put on a massive fundraiser last Saturday (Nov. 26) night.
Around 80 people took part in the event, enjoying a home-cooked meal, darts tournament, and a toonie toss to win a 60lb bottle of Crown Royale.
Danis' mom, Sherilyn, helped to organize the event and said it was a massive success.
National Police Federation: Proposed provincial police lacks reason and support
Sponsored content: Considering the high cost of replacing the RCMP in Alberta with a new provincial police force, there is little compelling evidence that the move will improve the safety and well-being of Albertans.
In fact, there are at least 550-million reasons to keep the Alberta RCMP.
Kevin Halwa is the Regional Director for the Prairie Region of the National Police Federation (NPF), and he indicates that, according to the Government of Alberta’s own projections, it would cost Albertans in excess of $550 million to transition to a provincial police service.
Top quality genetics on display for Agribition all-breed competition
There was some tough competition in the show ring yesterday for Agribition's First Lady Classic a yearling bred heifer all breed competition.
Justin Van de Woestyne from Benson, Sk was part of the judging panel and says he feels the show was one of the toughest and most competitive bred heifer shows in Western Canada if not the country.
"I think we all know the amount of work time effort the years of planning that goes into these genetics and what a what an absolute accomplishment it is not only to be here at the show but to be here in this ring."
CN featured during Canadian Western Agribition's Food, Fuel and Free Trade breakfast
Canadian Western Agribition's Food, Fuel and Free Trade breakfast was held on Tuesday.
CN's President and CEO Tracy Robinson gave the keynote address.
During the event, she also announced a $100,000 donation to STARS Air Ambulance.
David Przednowek, CN's Assistant Vice-President of Grain says terminal productivity issues really slowed down grain shipments for about three weeks but things started turning around last week.