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Meet Evelyn Hrudko, a local senior staying at Dr. Turner Lodge in Fort Saskatchewan.

For the last two years, Hrudko has been a part of Linking Generations, a charity that pairs up students at Saint John Paul II Catholic School with seniors from the lodge.

"I'd say the best part is just being able to talk to these kids, because they find out stuff about us and we find out about them, too," said Hrudko. "All the travelling that they do nowadays, that we didn't do at all when I was growing up."

It looks like winter may finally be behind us.

According to the forecast, we may see double-digits by the weekend.

Saturday (April 8) is expected to have a mix of sun and cloud with a daytime high of 13 C, while Sunday (April 11) is expected to jump to 17 C.

"Enjoy the warm weather, especially over the Easter weekend. I know sometimes it's not great driving conditions, but this year looks like it will be really good," said Jenelle Gergely, a meteorologist with Environment Canada.

Gergely added the forecast may change as the week goes on.

Donald Trump has reportedly pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. 

Media reports say the ex-president entered the plea today in a heavily guarded New York courtroom — the first former commander-in-chief in U.S. history ever to do so. 

Live television coverage showed a stone-faced Trump, clad in his trademark dark suit and red tie, follow his legal team into the courtroom for his arraignment. 

He was equally stoic — and uncharacteristically silent — as he left the courtroom about an hour later.

It was a great weekend for the Fort Saskatchewan Food Bank!

The Servus Credit Union Spring Food Drive went on Saturday (April 1) and Sunday (April 2) with resounding success. 

"The fact that so many people helped us make this happen over the two days is a big deal," said Kassandra Gartner, the executive director of the food bank. "The volunteer support that made it happen together with the generosity of our community was just really special."  

Here is a breakdown of the numbers that the food bank saw: 

It appears that a number of Fort Saskatchewan residents are itching for a new pool. 

At last week's city council meeting, the results of the indoor recreation survey were discussed. 

The survey was sent to a total of 11,912 households in Fort Saskatchewan, with 1,509 sending back responses. 

One of the questions on the survey asked residents what type of new recreational space was needed. A new pool was reportedly the most suggested item, though no specific numbers were released on the number of respondents who asked for one. 

You could soon be eligible for some extra grocery cash. 

As part of this year's federal budget, the government is planning to include a one-time grocery rebate to help Canadians who are struggling to make ends meet while dealing with high food inflation. 

The following amounts being proposed in the rebate are: 

A new waste collection program is coming to Strathcona County.

Starting on May 1, the new ‘Sort and Save’ program will allow residents to exchange their large waste or organics carts for smaller carts to save money on their utility bills.

These new carts are 120L, half the volume of the current 240L carts.

Jeremy Hansen, a colonel and CF-18 pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force, has been selected to become the first Canadian to venture further into space and orbit the moon.

NASA and the Canadian Space Agency made the long-awaited announcement Monday, introducing the four astronauts who will steer the next stage of an ambitious plan to establish a long-term presence on the moon.

The Canadian Cattle Association is disappointed with the news that Canada has reached a market access agreement with the UK to join the CPTPP without achieving viable access for Canadian beef into the UK.

While full details of the deal remain unavailable the CCA says they are aware that other members of the CPTPP have achieved unlimited beef access in their bilateral agreements with the UK, but that similar access for Canada is 'off the table'. 

Last week's Federal Budget called for a pilot program to reintroduce and extend the rail interswitching limit on the prairies.

Elizabeth Hucker, CP's assistant vice-president of marketing and sales for Canadian grain says it's an idea CP Rail is not in favor of.

"Interswitching requires additional handoffs for rail cars between carriers, which in turn causes increased dwell time. This slows the entire rail supply chain and reduces capacity by introducing inefficiencies which could otherwise be avoided."