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The Canadian National Texas Longhorn Show kicked off the first purebred beef events at Agribition earlier this week.

Pete Hildebrand, President of the Canadian Texas Longhorn Association says there are Longhorn breeders now from British Columbia right through to Ontario.

This year's National show featured eight exhibitors from Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta with 46 cattle entered.

The Grand Champion Heifer was exhibited by Kari Regenski of Patricia, Alberta.

One man was seriously injured in a collision on Highway 16 on Wednesday (Nov. 30) afternoon. 

Strathcona County RCMP says that they were called to a two-vehicle crash just east of Range Road 215 at about 2:55 p.m. 

An investigation found that a truck travelling eastbound collided with the back of a snowplow. 

The man driving the truck was sent to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. 

The man driving the snowplow was able to leave the scene without any injuries. 

An investigation into the cause of the collision is on-going. 

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. 

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. 

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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. 

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