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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.

The Easter weekend has arrived and there is no shortage of things to do! 

Families around the area will be dreaming of hunting eggs and chocolate as communities host their annual easter events, but the weekend's warm weather will also add more layers of enjoyment. 

Here is a look at some things you can enjoy in each community: 

A decade before a Nova Scotia man used smuggled guns to murder 22 people in the province in 2020, police information systems had labelled him as a firearms risk.

Yet those records never found their way to the Canada Border Services Agency, and they didn't prevent the mass shooter from obtaining a Nexus card — granting him status as a low-risk traveller.

Grade 9 students in F.R. Haythorne Junior High will be showcasing their cinematic works at the school's 19th annual Hawk Film Festival.

On Monday (Apr. 17), attendees will view 17 films created by students together at the Sherwood Park Cineplex. 

“I enjoyed making my film,” says Kaden Craig, a Grade 9 student at F.R. Haythorne Junior High. “I highly recommend the Film Production class for anyone interested in movies."

"I got to work with awesome people, and I'd do it again if I could.”

Olivia Miller has been named a Metro Athletics All-Star in basketball.

Miller is a Grade 11 student at Fort Saskatchewan Senior High School, who was given the award in late March.

"It's pretty cool, I didn't expect it," said Miller. "The Metro awards are really good at recognizing people for doing good stuff and working hard, so I appreciated it."

Miller attributes much of her success to her coach. 

"She definitely gave me the opportunity to do good. She put me on the court a lot, and it was really good to get the time to play."

Strathcona County emergency services have cleared up a train derailment that happened on Wednesday (Apr. 5) morning. 

The county reported that a CN train had 17 cars carrying grain go off the rails while in the area of Township Road 524 and Range Road 213. 

No dangerous goods were involved, and nobody was injured. 

CN has yet to provide a reason for the derailment.