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Two Lamont County fire chiefs received provincial recognition.

Back in late May, Charlie Gargus and Al Lenkewich were both honoured at the Alberta Fire Chief Association (AFCA) conference for their 20-year membership. 

Though honoured for the 20-year mark, both men have actually been in the county for much longer. 

Gargus started working with Lamont County Emergency Services in 1985. 

The Stelter family is facing some more bad news. 

Mike Stelter, the father of late Oilers superfan Ben Stelter, announced on his personal Twitter account on Thursday that he had recently been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer growing on his spine. 

"I was having back pains and with an MRI the doctors found a tumour growing on my spine," said Mike in the tweet. "We have to travel to the US for treatment because it’s not available in Canada." 

This cancer diagnosis comes a little less than a year after the family lost Ben to a form of brain cancer. 

The Gibbons bottle depot will be closing temporarily towards the end of the month.

Starting this week the depot will be open on Monday and Tuesday before closing from July 19 to July 22. The week after is the same, but with the depot being closed from July 27 to July 31.

The reason for this temporary closure is due to the weddings of the staff members families.

"Our presence is mandatory, and we would like to apologize in advance for the inconveniences these closures may cause for our customers," wrote the depot in a release.

A Manitoba judge has granted a temporary injunction to end a blockade at a Winnipeg landfill, where dozens of protesters have blocked the main road demanding a search of a different landfill north of the city for the remains of two slain Indigenous women. 

Justice Sheldon Lanchbery says demonstrators can continue to protest at the Brady Road landfill but they cannot block the road. 

St. Albert RCMP has charged a man with robbery after an incident at a Canadian Tire.

On Wednesday (July 12), Canadian Tire staff confronted a man who they thought was shoplifting. The man was reported to have brandished a knife and threatened customers as he left the store.

Police responded to the robbery, locating the suspect in the green space behind St. Albert Centre.

Dorian McBean, a 38-year-old Edmonton resident, was charged with:

The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) is asking for help in locating an armed robbery suspect. 

Police say that on April 18, a suspect entered a Circle K in the area of 139 Avenue and Victoria Trail. 

The suspect than held out a gun and took cash from the cashier working the counter. 

EPS says the suspect was described as the following: 

Despite the smokey skies and risk of a thunderstorm, the Sturgeon County Bounty still saw a huge turnout.

The two-day free event began on Thursday (July 13) in Cardiff Park and featured live entertainment, a vendor village, and plenty of activities.

North Central Co-op officially opened up its St. Albert location earlier this week. 

On Thursday morning, crowds formed at the store's Riverside location for a celebration that included a ribbon-cutting ceremony, pancake breakfast, and even a BBQ. 

"The support from the community is overwhelming," said Kris Larsen, the director of food and pharmacy for North Central Co-op. "People are at the doors lined up, ready to go and excited for us to be in the market." 

"We couldn't be more thrilled to be here serving this community." 

A man has been taken to hospital after a train collided with a truck in Strathcona County on Thursday night. 

Police say that they received reports of the collision just after 7 p.m. in the area of Township Road 514 and Range Road 233. 

After arriving on the scene, officers reported that the driver of the white truck involved, a 39-year-old man from Beaumont, had already been taken to the hospital and was reported to be in stable condition. The man was the only person inside the truck at the time of the incident. 

Debbie Mansfield-Stahn is a Sturgeon County resident who found herself in an 'un-bee-lievable' situation this past year. 

It all started last fall when Stahn noticed a buzzing sound coming from a shop on her acreage.

"At first, I'm not going to lie, I thought they were hornets, so I didn't go near them and we just kind of left it."

Stahn got in touch with Jean-Charles Poirier, a local beekeper who told her to wait until spring before trying to remove them.

"He said they won't have enough time to make a new hive before the winter," added Stahn.