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After a month-long pause, the federal government is bringing back random, mandatory COVID-19 tests for vaccinated travellers arriving at Canada's four main airports.

Ottawa paused the tests in mid-June as it faced criticism from tourism and air travel groups about the chaos at Canadian airports.

The government also said it planned to move the tests themselves to locations outside of airports.

That means that when the tests resume next week, they will completed either at an in-person or virtual appointment.

Don Chandler has been a fixture in the Salisbury Composite High School (SCHS) community for over 20 years.

Chandler graduated from SCHS in 1992 and then returned in 2001 to take a full-time position teaching mathematics.

Teaching wasn't always his plan. Chandler originally wanted to get into accounting and graduated with a bachelor of science, specializing in math and finance. He worked for a bank before realizing he was not fully content.

A car caught fire yesterday (July 14) on Highway 825, near the bridge over the North Saskatchewan River. 

Erin and Tara Pawlechko, long-time residents of Fort Saskatchewan, were driving southbound around 5:30 p.m. when they noticed smoke rising down the road.

"I was pulling up and I was like oh, [the smoke is] getting bigger. We noticed the vehicle on the side, it was engulfed in flames," explained Tara.

Sturgeon County emergency services said there were four passengers at the time and they all made it out unharmed.

There is a large gap between prices at the pump depending on where you are in the province.

As of today (July 14), service stations in Edmonton are showing an average price of $1.75 per litre for regular gasoline. In Fort Saskatchewan, stations are reporting $1.87 per litre for regular.

Premium fuel is also displaying quite the margin as in the capital city shows prices averaging around $1.90 per litre. In Fort Saskatchewan, the average is $2.07 per litre.

The USDA released its July WASDE (World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates) report on Tuesday.

Dan Basse is President of AgResource Company in Chicago.

Strathcona County has launched Project Tensor (traffic enforcement, noise/speed offence reduction) for the second summer.

The program runs between late spring and early fall, with over 600 violations issued in 2021 alone.

Enforcement officers are focusing on vehicles that create excessive noise as well as stunting, speeding, and equipment restriction violations.

Inspector Vito Disciglio of Strathcona County Enforcement Services says they're expecting to be busier than before.

Canada's drug regulator approved Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for infants and preschoolers, making it the first vaccine approved for that age group in the country.

Health Canada now says the Moderna vaccine can be given to young children between the ages of six months and five years old in doses one-quarter the size of that approved for adults.

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is expected to provide advice on its use later today.

Hockey Canada says it is in the process of making changes. 

Whether those moves will be enough to satisfy the general public, fans, federal government and corporate sponsors remains to be seen. 

The sport's under-fire national federation made a series of announcements in an open letter to Canadians published Thursday, including the reopening of a third-party investigation into an alleged sexual assault involving members of the country's 2018 world junior team. 

The federal government says it will provide more than $35 million during the papal visit to Canada to support Indigenous communities, organizations and residential schools survivors. 

Pope Francis is set to travel to Alberta, Quebec and Nunavut from July 24 to 29. The papal visit is to include public and private events with an emphasis on Indigenous participation.

If you missed this year's biggest and brightest supermoon, you should get another chance to check it out. 

A clear sky is forecasted for the local area on Thursday (July 14) night to see the Buck Moon, which will stick around until Friday morning.

The moon is named after male deer, as their antlers are in full growth mode at this time of the year. 

According to the Old Farmers Almanac, the moon is closer to earth than any other moon in 2022.