FortSask

The City of Fort Saskatchewan is trying to address an issue with waste collection.

Over the last year, the city has seen more overflowing garbage carts and higher levels of contamination in green organics carts and blue bags. This includes non-compostable and non-recyclable items.

On Wednesday, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau announced the launch of the Supply Management Processing Investment Fund, worth $292.5 million, to help processors of supply-managed commodities.

The Fort Saskatchewan RCMP is now able to give more information about an incident at a local high school.

On Feb.25, St. André Bessette was placed under hold and secure toward the end of the school day. 

According to RCMP Constable Lauren Mowbray, officers were in the area attempting to locate a person to confirm their well-being.

"There was no concern for safety."

Growing a strong connection between RCMP, local government, and residents is the goal of Fort Saskatchewan's Community Policing Committee.

The volunteer group consists of six members of the public and one city council member.

Stewart Begg is the chair of the committee, and he joined JP on The MIX Morning Grind to discuss the responsibilities of the group and how residents can have a say in shaping public safety in the city.

Canada's ailing health systems need some drastic intervention from federal and provincial governments if there is any hope of reviving them post-pandemic, an emergency summit of nearly 40 health-worker organizations concluded at an emergency meeting Wednesday.

Health workers have now endured two difficult years of pandemic conditions, leading to serious burnout across nearly all sectors of the healthcare system.

A Fort Saskatchewan man has a plan for his recent lottery win. 

The Western Canada Lottery Corporation says Reginald Reardon won $156,195 on a Lotto 6/49 draw.

Reardon purchased his winning ticket at the Fort Saskatchewan Shell on Town Crest Road. He returned to the store a couple of weeks after the draw to check his ticket.

“I scanned the ticket at the store and couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” he said. “Whoever sees the video of me figuring out the amount I won is going to have a good laugh.”

A former truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash has lost a first step in his effort to stay in Canada.

Jaskirat Singh Sidhu tried to make the case to the Canada Border Services Agency to stay in the country after serving his prison sentence.

His lawyer, Michael Greene, says that the agency has rejected Sidhu's submission, and his client is "devastated."

Canada Border Services referred questions to Immigration Canada.

Police are looking into a strange incident in Sturgeon County.

On Feb.7, the RCMP got a call from a property owner outside of Redwater -- they told officers that they'd discovered a boat on their rural property near Highway 644 and Range Road 214.

The owner had no idea where the boat had come from, as there are no bodies of water or waterways in the general area.

After checking their database and determining that the boat had not been reported stolen, the boat was seized by police.

Jennifer Pook (Bachleitner)

Another round of residential snow clearing in Fort Saskatchewan has started.

On Wednesday (Mar.9), crews were out clearing the streets, beginning in the neighbourhoods around Cranberry Bend.

No parking signs will be put up to let people know when they will have to move their vehicles. Crews will start plowing at 7:30 a.m. on the designated day, going through the area until they are finished.

Anyone that doesn't move their vehicles before the snowplows come through could face a $100 fine and have their vehicle towed.

Crews should be wrapping up by Mar.22.