FortSask

The Ardrossan Parade & Picnic is back and bigger than ever.

On June 18, at the Memorial Hall area in Ardrossan, enjoy a parade, vendors, live entertainment and so much more.

Organizers expect bigger crowds with the recent cancellation of the Canada Day parade in Strathcona County.

“It has quadrupled if not more in size from last year because everybody is now coming out to celebrate, which is fantastic,” said Kerry Parsons, the parade coordinator. 

The 75th annual event is free to attend.

The Fort Saskatchewan Rangers Athletic Club (RAC) is gearing up for a star-studded event. 

On Wednesday (Jun. 15) at 6 p.m., the club will host its first annual Alumni Fundraiser Game at the Dow Centennial Centre. Fans can expect to see plenty of former Rangers back in blue, including Kirby and Colton Dach of the Chicago Blackhawks and Anaheim Ducks' prospect and WHL defenceman of the year, Olen Zellweger.

Graduating student athletes from Fort Saskatchewan High School are leaving with a prestigious award.

Tori Radford, Georgia LeBlanc and Grayson Reed from Fort Saskatchewan won Metro Athletics all-star awards on Wednesday (Jun. 8)

Radford has been playing volleyball since Grade 6 in school and with the Fort Sask Attack volleyball club. 

She was given the Women's Volleyball All-star Award for Metro High School Athletics 2022. 

Canada Day festivities are finally back in the Fort!

On top of the already amazing activities already announced, the City of Fort Saskatchewan is set to reveal the Legacy Park main stage headliners!

Be listening to the MIX Morning Grind on Monday (June 13) at 10 a.m. -- Josh Gennings will join us in the studio with details.

It's going to be a celebration like no other, and best of all... it's FREE!

See you there!

The combination of a backyard fire and a blanket of poplar fluff turned into a scary situation in Strathcona County.

Strathcona County Emergency Services responded to the incident in the Aurora Place Subdivision around 3 p.m. on Saturday (Jun. 4). Three properties were affected when the fire spread from a fire pit and ignited the fluff on the ground.

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra has announced that the government will pause all mandatory random COVID-19 tests at Canada's airports for vaccinated travellers from Saturday until the end of the month.

For now, unvaccinated travellers will still be tested at airports, but the government plans to move that testing off-site next month.

The government previously said current public health measures would remain in place until the end of June, but has been facing mounting pressure from industry and opposition to improve the chaotic situation playing out in Canada's airports.

The price of gasoline has been on the rise for the past few weeks and is projected to keep going up. 

According to the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA), the current provincial average for regular fuel is $1.89 a litre in the capital region. 

Alberta has the lowest price for regular gasoline among any province in the country right now, yet the price is still having a significant impact. 

Charity Tober is an 18-year resident of Redwater and owner of Queen of Clean. 

A special visit to Southfort Bend Gardens was organized by SouthPointe School students during Seniors’ Week (Jun 5-11). 

On Monday (Jun. 6), Carole Bossert’s Grade 5 class took a field trip to the retirement home to deliver kind messages and show local seniors a little love. 

Eight years ago, Bossert co-founded Seniors and Youth Networking Committees (SYNC) and is passionate about connecting her students with seniors in the community. Her students regularly contact seniors through letter-writing, decorations and artwork.  

A random sample of grazing leaseholders were selected earlier this year to take part in a grazing lease cost survey.

The survey was mailed out to that group, but AGLA hasn't seen a very strong response.

Grazing operators are being encouraged to fill out the form and return it as soon as possible.

All of the information included in the survey is being kept strictly confidential.

The cost survey is an industry priority to accurately track the costs of managing a grazing lease in Alberta. 

The economy added 40,000 jobs in May, driven by a gain in full-time jobs as the labour market continued to tighten and wages pushed higher, Statistics Canada said Friday.

The increase came as the unemployment rate fell to 5.1 per cent, the lowest rate since at least 1976 which is as far back as comparable data goes. The unemployment rate was 5.2 per cent in April.

TD Bank senior economist James Orlando said as Canadians headed out to patios and hit the road for overdue vacations, employers continued to search for workers to meet heightened demand.