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The Federal Government is taking action to improve rail safety and security.

This week, the Minister of Transport announced two new rail safety measures.

One will focus on railway-related fire prevention, while the other improves the resiliency of Canada's railway infrastructure against climate change impacts, such as flooding, landslides, and fire risks. 

New rules are now in place to help prevent fires on railway property and in nearby communities.

These new rules require railway companies to: 

Rogers is experiencing an outage that is affecting vital services nationwide.

In a statement made this morning through the company's Twitter page, Rogers said they are working to restore their wireless and wireline services as soon as possible.

Services such as 9-1-1 calls from cell phones, Interac, real-time transit information and internet are down for all Rogers customers.

More childcare spaces will soon be available in Alberta.

The Alberta-Canada Early Learning and Child Care agreement signed with the federal government in Nov. 2021 aims to provide $10/day childcare for parents by 2025/2026.

As part of the agreement, the provincial government has a target to create 42,500 additional spaces in non-profit child-care programs by the end of 2026. This year, Alberta has committed to creating 10,000 of these new spaces.

Elizabeth Goudman is this year’s valedictorian at Lamont High School.

The recent graduate began her high school career in 2019, just months before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down in-person learning and other regular school activities. 

“I don’t think you ever really get used to doing classes online, but I think, all things considered, it was better than what it could have been,” she said.

She described her high school experience as a lot of hard work, but she’s grateful to everyone within the school community.

A community arterial route will receive new traffic calming measures. 

Greenfield Way, the main route through the Southfort Estates neighbourhood in Fort Saskatchewan, will soon see traffic calming measures, including raised crosswalks, flashing lights and bump-outs.

Inflation is on the rise throughout the country, and grocery bills are one way residents are noticing a big hit.

According to Statistics Canada, over the past year, food prices in the country have risen 9.7 per cent, and more than two in five Canadians reported being most affected by rising food prices. 

Savanna Koenig, a newlywed and two-year resident of Fort Saskatchewan, shared with MIX 107 that grocery shopping causes her great stress.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is "shocking," and that Canada has "lost a close friend" with his death.

Abe was assassinated Friday on a street in western Japan by a gunman who opened fire on him from behind as he delivered a campaign speech — an attack that stunned the country that has some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere.

As the Calgary Stampede kicks off Premier Jason Kenny is promoting the important milestones in the province's agriculture sector.

 "We have seen $1.5 billion of new investment in agri-food and food processing in Alberta.  An incredible sign of strength of Alberta's economic recovery and this is great news. From potato processing to hemp manufacturing, we're seeing products grown here in Alberta being exported around the world, and it's just the start."

There has been plenty of player movement during the 2022 NHL Draft.

One of the biggest moves included Fort Saskatchewan's own Kirby Dach.

Dach was chosen by the Chicago Blackhawks as the third overall pick in the 2019 NHL Draft and racked up 59 points in 152 games over three seasons.

With the Blackhawks in a full rebuild, they decided to make a deal to ship Dach to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for picks 13 and 66 in this year's draft.

Kirby's brother Colton remains with the Chicago organization.

Somewhere between six and nine homes were affected after a tornado touched down earlier this evening south of Sundre. 

So far all occupants are accounted for -- there are no details on the number of injuries.

Power lines are still an issue as is cell service in the area. Roads around the area are blocked off in the area of Township Road 302 and Range Road 44 and 45. 

RCMP from Airdrie, Didsbury, Sundre and Olds are all in the area.