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The Canola Council of Canada has sent out a "Save the date" notice for Canola Week. 

Canola Week 2022 runs December 6-8 at the Sheraton Cavelier Hotel in Saskatoon. 

This year's conference offers producers the opportunity to tune in from home or attend in person.

Registration for the event is set to open next month.

The three-day event will update growers on the state of the canola industry in Canada, the latest research, agronomic issues and cutting-edge innovation.

If you're looking for a hot meal next week, the Rivercrest Care Centre has you covered.

Pop, chips, and burgers will be available for $8 on Monday (Sept. 19) from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Rivercrest Care Centre on 101 Avenue. 

The Rivercrest has been doing these BBQ fundraisers twice a year, once in mid-summer and another towards the end of the season.

Amanda Clarke, the recreation assistant with the Rivercrest Care Centre, says they'll use the proceeds for recreation programs.

AGT Foods and Ingredients announcing a key partnership this week with Equinom, an Israeli based company that is very strong in breeding and genetics. 

AGT President and CEO Murad Al-Katib says to meet the growing global demand for better plant-based foods, we need more innovative, sustainably-produced ingredients that deliver on food functionality and fulfill the demand from both 
consumers and food companies for high-quality, plant-based protein products that are good for the environment.

Determined members of the public joined a lineup that stretched for kilometres along the south bank of the Thames River on Wednesday, waiting hours to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II as she began lying in state.

Equipped with sleeping bags, books and backpacks of food, they formed a queue that was nearly four kilometres long as of 6 p.m. local time. With Westminster Palace silhouetted across the river, people waited patiently as the line wound its way past the London Eye and across Lambeth Bridge.

Gibbon’s newest town councillor, Dale Yushchyshyn, is excited to make his mark on the community. 

Yushchyshyn and his family have been in the community for 27 years and the idea of running for council didn’t get onto his radar until recently. 

“It wasn’t front of mind when I heard that there was a by-election coming,” said Yushchyshyn. “Shortly after I had a couple of people approach me and say ‘you should consider it.'” 

Strathcona County welcomed a new fire chief. 

Martin Paulson joins the county after serving with Vancouver Fire Rescue Services for 32 years where he started as a firefighter and eventually worked his way up to become assistant deputy chief of operations. 

Strathcona County mayor Rod Frank is excited about what Paulson can bring. 

Traffic is now being allowed one-way on the new Highway 15 bridge in Fort Saskatchewan. 

Construction has progressed far enough that one-way traffic on one side of the bridge will be allowed while crews work on the structure.

At the moment, vehicles entering Fort Saskatchewan will be using one lane on the new bridge while vehicles exiting the community will use one lane on the old bridge. 

The bridge is part of a provincial project to twin the highway over the North Saskatchewan River.

Queen Elizabeth II will be laid to rest on Monday, Sept. 19, and some people in Canada will have a paid day off while others will not.

On Tuesday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the day would be a federal holiday to mourn the Queen. "Declaring an opportunity for Canadians to mourn on Monday is going to be important," the Prime Minister said at a caucus retreat in New Brunswick.

Pierre Poilievre's crushing win to become leader of the Conservative Party of Canada raises questions about the status and power of the party's social conservatives. 

That well-mobilized part of the party's base has played an important role in helping previous leaders achieve power, with some calling them "kingmakers." 

Some Indigenous leaders and community members say they're concerned about making progress on reconciliation with King Charles III.

Treaty 8 Grand Chief Arthur Noskey says the Queen's death last week wasn't good timing, as First Nations were making progress in working with the Crown toward upholding treaty agreements. 

"We were building up not only the momentum, but letting (the Queen) know that the Crown and the relationship understood by our people is not what's being delivered by administrators," Noskey said from his office in Edmonton.