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Environment Canada issued a wind warning for the area early Monday morning (Apr. 10).

The weather agency says those gusts ranged from 70 km/h to almost 90 km/h.

"We had a pretty intense cold front swing through the province," said Erin Staunton, a meteorologist with Environment Canada.

The strongest wind gust in the area was reported at the Villeneuve Airport in Sturgeon County, at 89 km/h.

"It's not uncommon to see quite strong gusty winds with a cold front, such as what we had come through," said Staunton.

The Sherwood Park Knights capped off their season at provincials over the weekend. 

The CJHL championship came up just short of a provincial medal, losing 7-3 to the CBHA Rangers. The eventual provincial champions were the Wainwright Bisons. 

It was an up-and-down tournament for the Knights. They lost their opener 3-2 to the Rangers but collected a couple of 3-0 and 6-4 wins against Fort St. John and Sylvan Lake respectively. 

They lost to the Okotoks Bison 6-3 to give them a 2-3-0 record through the round-robin. 

Canadian agriculture producers are becoming more comfortable with the adoption of digital data tools and farm management software, bolstering their trust in the technology according to a RealAgristudies survey.

The survey shows how farmers are adopting digital tools and managing data, as 66 per cent of respondents said they feel the companies that handle their data are doing a good or excellent job. That’s a 31 per cent increase from the survey conducted by AgExpert in 2018 that asked the same question.

Police have released more details on a fatal collision involving a Strathcona County RCMP officer.

Mounties confirmed that 32-year-old Constable Harvinder Singh Dhami died in a vehicle collision early Monday morning (Apr. 10).

In the statement, police say that Singh Dhami was responding to assist other officers in a noise complaint when his cruiser collided with a concrete barrier.

The incident took place at around 2 a.m.

A local distiller is feeling the pinch after the Canadian liquor tax rose at the beginning of the month. 

The Fort Distillery is concerned with the year-over-year rise of the tax, which went up 2 per cent on April 1. 

"It was initially scheduled to increase by 6.3 per cent, which would have been insane," said Nathan Flim, the founder of the Fort Distillery. "There was a pretty big outcry from the distillers, brewers, wineries, so they ended up doing a 2 per cent increase." 

"Better than 6.3 [per cent] but still a tax increase." 

Environment Canada issued a wind warning for the area early Monday morning. 

The weather agency said strong wind gusts reached 89 km/h in the area. 

Lois Glendenning added $100,000 to her bank account after matching all five cards on a Poker Lotto draw. 

The Sherwood Park woman purchased the ticket at the Sobeys on Baseline Road on March 12. A few days later, she scanned her ticket and was pleasantly surprised by the win. 

 "I won $2 on the instant and then checked a couple of days later and found out about this win," she recalled while claiming her prize. "I was completely shocked."

Glendenning's win was based on her hand matching the hand for that night's draw. 

"It feels amazing!"

Two former Elk Island Public School (EIPS) students are returning to school to teach writing.

The Young Authors' Conference is an annual event that welcomes students in a day of storytelling. Throughout the day, students attend sessions led by professional authors and illustrators who share their knowledge and life lessons to encourage students.

Jonathan Ewing and Amelia Newstead will be presenting about writing for the stage and screen. What makes them both unique hosts is that they're former EIPS students themselves.

More than 35,000 federal workers who assess and approve tax returns will be in a legal strike position by April 14, just two weeks before the annual deadline for Canadians to file their taxes.

The strike vote comes after more than a year of haggling between the Canada Revenue Agency and workers represented by the Union of Taxation Employees within the Public Service Alliance of Canada.

A conciliator appointed last fall to help with the talks reported in January that the two sides were at an impasse.

Canada's Parliamentary budget officer said he is troubled by what he describes as the selective use of facts from his new financial analysis of carbon pricing. 

Yves Giroux said the report has to be put into context alongside the costs of all other climate policies, including doing nothing.

"There will be costs no matter what we do," Giroux said in an interview with The Canadian Press.