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The Dairy Farmers of Canada are pleased with Ottawa's funding announcement of $333 million over ten years for the dairy sector.

The money is earmarked for research into new products and processing for solids non-fat (SNF).
 
DFC vice-president David Wiens says in order to have enough milk to supply the butter fat market there will be a surplus of SNF.

A train in Strathcona County partially derailed on Wednesday (Apr. 5) morning. 

In a Facebook post, Strathcona County said that emergency services were on the scene of a CN train derailment at Township Road 524 and Range Road 213.

In total, 17 cars derailed from the tracks, all of them carrying grain. The county says no dangerous goods were involved and no one was hurt.

CN has not spoken about the cause of the derailment. 

The area has been cleared and the track has re-opened. 

David Frizzell was driving home work last week when he realized he had just driven past something extraordinary. A beautiful albino moose was grazing at the side of the road  on Highway 21. 

“I had actually drove by the animal and had to turn around and go back. I was kind of surprised. I think there was four or five cars that drove by while I was standing on the shoulder of the road and just continued on,” he said. 

Rachel Notley was in Sherwood Park on Tuesday (April 4) to make a major transportation announcement. 

The Alberta NDP leader was joined by Taneen Rudyk, the NDP candidate for Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville, and Bill Tonita, the NDP candidate for Strathcona-Sherwood Park, to unveil a campaign promise to create an interchange at Highway 15 and Highway 830 near Scotford. 

Local naturalists are raising concerns about the damage being done to the trails in Ross Creek and Turner Park.

Susan Gronau with the Fort Saskatchewan Naturalist Society says that unauthorized trails have been meddling with the fragile ecosystem that exists in the area.

"The creek is littered and plugged with chain sawed live trees and dead logs from the ground, small trees were cut down, bundled, and tossed to the side," said Gronau. "Pallets have also been tossed in the creek,"

Jude White is the winner of April's Half Grand Helping Hand, courtesy of South Fort Chevrolet and MIX 107.

Jude is a Grade 5 student at Southpointe School with an autism spectrum disorder. His trivia knowledge of Disney and cinema has his classmates and teachers amazed.

His mother, Tanya, said that he can recite the actors, dates, and even production companies with every Disney film.

A Romanian family who had hoped to build a life near Toronto with their two Canadian-born children saw their dreams end tragically in the frigid waters off Akwesasne, Que., after fleeing a deportation order.

Florin Iordache, his wife Cristina (Monalisa) Zenaida Iordache, their two-year-old daughter Evelin and one-year-old son Elyen were among eight people found dead in a river near the Akwesasne Mohawk Territory last week.

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.