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Gibbons has elected a new councillor after Monday’s (Sept. 12) municipal by-election. 

Unofficial results released by the town shows that Dale Yushchyshyn won the election with 93 total votes (37 per cent). He was up against four other candidates. 

Robert Simonowits came in second with 63 votes while Daniel Farrer was third with 59 votes. 

Yushchyshyn will take over Darren McCann’s spot on council, who resigned back in May after sexual misconduct allegations came to light.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Sept. 19 will be a federal holiday to mourn Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her state funeral in London.

"Declaring an opportunity for Canadians to mourn on Monday is going to be important," Trudeau said at a caucus retreat in New Brunswick Tuesday.

He also said his government will be working with provinces and territories to ensure they're "aligned."

Fort Saskatchewan RCMP Constable Justin Forster is facing an assault charge linked to an on-duty incident that occurred last year. 

On June 21, 2021, Fort Saskatchewan RCMP responded to a call about a person squatting at a vacant property. 

Upon arrival, police found a man who refused to identify himself. RCMP attempted to arrest the man but he became combative. Officers deployed tasers but were not able to subdue the man. 

A new poll suggests that while many Canadians plan to watch Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral next week, the vast majority have not been personally impacted by her passing and feel no attachment to the monarchy.

The poll from Leger and the Association of Canadian Studies also found that while some Canadians are happy about King Charles III taking the throne and others are not, most are largely indifferent to Canada’s new head of state.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today will unveil the full details of a plan to try and take some of the sting out of inflation for Canadians feeling it the most.

Both Liberal and NDP sources tell The Canadian Press the plan includes doubling GST rebate cheques for six months as well as a temporary dental-care benefit for some families with young children, and an expanded housing allowance payment.

All three are initiatives the NDP has been asking for since the spring as inflation began weighing heavily on Canadians with low and modest incomes.

Farmers that signed up for the Canadian Grain Commission's Harvest Sample program should have received their harvest kit in the mail. 

Kerri Pleskash is the CGC's Program Manager of Analytic Services at the Grain Research Lab.

This year they sent out  5600 harvest sample kits to producers in Western Canada.

Pleskash says under the program producers send in a grain sample after harvest for inspection.

The Alberta Crop Report shows harvest is now about 37 per cent complete, up from 17 per cent the previous week. Another 19 per cent of crops are currently in swath, while 44 per cent is still standing.

Police are asking for help identifying a robbery suspect. 

On Monday (Sept. 12) morning, Fort Saskatchewan RCMP were called to robbery at the Westpark 7-Eleven. 

At 1 a.m, the suspect entered the store armed with a tire iron and demanded all the money in the cash register. The clerk was ordered to put the money in a bag before the suspect walked out of the store with the cash. Luckily, nobody was hurt during the robbery. 

Bruderheim’s Emerance Maschmeyer is back in the area after winning gold with Team Canada at the 2022 Women’s World Hockey Championships in Denmark. 

The 27-year-old goaltender has had a whirlwind year, winning an Olympic Gold medal at the Beijing games in February and now the world championship this month. 

“The experience was amazing, getting to travel with the team is always so much fun. Competing at this level and coming out with a gold medal is not something I can complain about.”

Compost collected in Fort Saskatchewan will be heading to a couple of different locations after the original site was ordered to cease operations. 

CleanIt GreenIt, a compost company based in Edmonton, has been in a partnership with the city since 2018 to handle the community’s compost waste. Last year, the company was ordered by Alberta Environment and Parks to cease operations by June 2022 after being subject to over 800 complaints about a foul odour coming from their facility.