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Xplore and MIX 107/FortSaskOnline are teaming up to give two lucky winners $500 each! All you have to do is nominate yourself or a 2023 graduate you know. 

This is a great opportunity to start your journey towards the future after grad. Whatever your future holds, one thing is certain – with $500 in your pocket, you'll be one step closer to achieving your dreams. 

A Sherwood Park man has been charged after a drug investigation in the area of Leduc.

Back in April, Leduc RCMP executed two search warrants in Sherwood Park, which resulted in one person being arrested.

After the arrest, police say they searched the suspect's home and vehicle, which resulted in them finding cocaine, cash, digital scales, and drug packaging materials.

Lloyd Wedow, a 67-year-old from Sherwood Park, has been charged with the following:

A victim of last Friday's (May 5) Boxwood Bend fire that destroyed three houses has spoken out about their experience. 

Arthur Siemens and his girlfriend Kassidy were sleeping when they were awoken by the house's smoke detector. 

"[There was] a light gray haze throughout the whole building," recalled Siemens. "I ran up and tried to grab the fire extinguisher from the kitchen." 

A mobile mammography unit will be making its way to Gibbons later this month. 

Alberta Health Services (AHS) sent out a release on Monday (May 8) morning announcing that the service will be available in the town from May 25 to 27. 

"A mammogram is an X-ray of the breast and has proven to be the most effective way to detect breast cancer," said AHS in the release. "Early detection allows for a greater number of options for treatment and a better chance of survival."

The group most at risk of developing breast cancer are women aged 45 to 75. 

There is a fire ban in place for Fort Saskatchewan and many surrounding communities.

MIX 107 spoke with Fort Saskatchewan's fire chief Todd Martens about what is and isn’t permitted.

"When we put on a ban, that normally is banning anything that you're using for recreational fire pits. All permits are revoked, fireworks, that kind of stuff," said Martens.

As for what is allowed, it comes down to whether or not there's combustion, and if the appliance can be turned off.

Here is what is allowed during the fire ban: 

Canada's electronic waste more than tripled in the last two decades and is expected to keep increasing, a new study indicates, with researchers urging better e-waste management to reduce environmental harm and bring economic rewards.

Researchers from the University of Waterloo conducted what they called a comprehensive estimate of e-waste in Canada to better understand the lifecycle of electronic items from point of sale to disposal.

The study, published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials, looked at e-waste data going as far back as 1971.

Cooler temperatures and a bit of rain were delivering some relief for firefighters as they continued to battle wildfires that threaten communities in northern Alberta, but provincial officials warned the reprieve was only in some areas and lightning is sparking some new blazes.

"People have called this season certainly unprecedented in recent memory because we have so many fires so spread out," Christie Tucker with Alberta Wildfire told a media briefing Sunday afternoon.

"It's been an unusual year."

Emergency Preparedness Week is May 8 to 14.

MIX 107 and Northeast Region Community Awareness Emergency Response (NRCAER) are teaming up to give you a chance to win one of five emergency preparedness kits!

Be listening to the MIX Morning Grind with JP at 7:40 each day for a chance to take one home. 

The theme this year is ‘Build Preparedness Habits.’

NRCAER encourages you to know the risks and update your household emergency plan.

The City of Fort Saskatchewan will be testing  the emergency siren system on Monday (May 8) at 11 a.m. 

Fort Saskatchewan has three emergency sirens across the city, which are used to alert residents of emergencies such as:

The Alberta Emergency Management Agency has issued a special travel alert.

The alert states drivers must avoid all non-essential travel in all fire affected areas.

No services will be available along these routes for the time that the alert is in effect.

This alert is in place for all provincial roadways in Alberta.