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A Gibbons councillor has resigned amid sexual misconduct allegations. 

On May 19, Darren McCann met with the town's chief administrative officer to bring forward a resignation letter. The letter stated his resignation was effective immediately. 

McCann was accused of misconduct in two incidents. 

Councillor Rebecca Balanko of Morinville issued a statement on May 13 detailing her experience with McCann.

It's been a rough week for Shayne Hill at our sister station Eagle 100.9 in Okotoks.

We've had game-by-game bets and with the Oilers winning the last three games... Shayne has had to pay up!

First, she painted her nails in Oilers colours, then, had to write a poem professing her love for the capital region. 

Check out the video below!

The recently released Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week of May 17-23 shows that farmers made a big leap in seeding progress.

Previously, the province had 19% of the crop planted, and with the newly reported number being at 52% the jump in that comes out to 33%.

Farmers had been held back from work by heavy rains and even snow in some regions previously, so many were breaking ground.

Congrats to Alicia!

She used #XplornetPostYourPet and won an iPad courtesy of Xplornet!

Alicia used this picture of her cute pup, Ivy.

Ivy is a Border Collie/Aussie Shepard who loves to chase her ball and pester her brother.

Huge thank you to everyone who entered the contest -- we got to see so many cute critters! 

The Government of Alberta is working to address issues within the EMS system.

On Thursday (May 26), a conference was held at Fire Station 6 in Strathcona County. Government representatives, AHS members and frontline workers met to discuss a plan of action to provide some relief to the emergency medical system. 

All of the EMS advisory committee recommendations were approved. The recommendations focused on four main areas of improvement; increased staffing, improved coverage, fixing offload delays and better dispatch.

A body has reportedly been pulled out of the North Saskatchewan River. 

Around 1:25 p.m. Wednesday (May 26) afternoon, Edmonton Police Service responded to a body seen in the river near the Beverly Footbridge at Strathcona Science Park. Police say a passerby had spotted a body floating in the water. 

Samantha Auigbelle has been found safe, according to the Morinville RCMP.

Alberta’s Environmental Appeals Board is set for a hearing later this year after wetlands were found to have been filled on land in Lamont County. 

The board will hear submissions regarding an Enforcement Order handed to Jim Gerber and JimCo Farming Inc. for conducting “unauthorized activities in wetlands located at SW-53-16-W4M in Lamont County.” 

The annual Canada Day Parade in Sherwood Park has been cancelled indefinitely.

Back in 2002, when a non-profit was no longer able to host the event, the Sherwood Park and District Chamber of Commerce took over the event on what was meant to be a short-term basis while they searched for another host.

After twenty years of running the parade, the Chamber issued a statement announcing that the parade had been cancelled. The last parade hosted in Sherwood Park was in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

An upgrade has arrived for the painted pride crosswalks connecting Festival Avenue and Festival Lane in Sherwood Park.

The classic rainbow flag design, originally created in 1978, has now transitioned to a more inclusive progress flag design. Strathcona County wanted to reflect this newly adopted symbol and repainted the crosswalk to show its commitment to diversity and representation. 

"It has some different elements in it that represent people who are Black, Indigenous and people of colour," said mayor Rod Frank.