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A special air quality statement has been sent out for the region. 

According to The Weather Network, there seems to be a build-up of pollutants on the surface that is leading to poor air quality. 

The following areas have been affected: 

Changes have been made to the Parks Canada reservation system, so how does that affect eager campers wanting to book at Elk Island National Park? 

A new online system came into effect earlier this week and will stagger reservation dates for parks across the country. 

Elk Island National Park's launch date will be March 30. 

"They've improved the software on the new reservation system just to be able to handle all the incoming reservations," said Jana Cornoc, the visitor services supervisor for the park. 

"It's definitely a bit more streamlined." 

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers (WCWG) and the Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) are raising awareness for a campaign by the Agriculture Carbon Alliance (ACA) calling on politicians to support Bill C234.

Bill C-234 (an Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act) still has to go through a third and final vote in the House of Commons.

The GGC encourages producers to highlight the importance of the bill to their Members of Parliament.

CP has been given the green light in its takeover of Kansas City Southern Railway.

The US$31 billion purchase will create the first single rail line connecting Canada, the U.S. and Mexico covering nearly 33,000 kilometres of track.

The merged railway will be known as Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), with CP's chief executive Keith Creel as CEO, and Calgary as the global headquarters.

CP's assistant vice-president of sales and marketing for Canadian grain, Elizabeth Hucker says the new CPKC will benefit Canadian grain shippers by opening new markets and ports.

With Spring just around the corner, will the weather catch up before the season starts?

According to our forecast, we'll see daytime highs in the positives for the next week, with temperatures dipping into the negatives overnight.

The warmest days are tonight and next Thursday (Mar. 23), which are both expected to hit a high of plus 6.

As for the coldest, that will be on Sunday (Mar. 19) with a low of minus 12 overnight. Although tonight has only a low of minus 9, the wind chill will feel closer to minus 12.

The 2023 Alberta Schools' Athletic Association (ASAA) high school basketball provincials started earlier this week. 

Five local teams are competing in various tournaments around Alberta, trying to prove their standing among the best the province has to offer. 

Here is a look at how each local team has fared so far: 

Boys: 

3A: 

On the boy's side, Morinville and Strathcona Christian have been playing in the 3A tournament in Wetaskiwin. 

The Fort Saskatchewan RCMP is warning residents about a new type of scam. 

Constable Lauren Mowbray says the local detachment has been receiving more calls about something called a 'nanny scam'. 

"We’ve seen an influx of calls recently with a new scam going around, but using the same old tactics," said Mowbray. 

RCMP has lifted a shelter-in-place.

The order came Friday (Mar. 17) morning after police received a report of a man with a weapon near H. A Kostash School in Smoky Lake.

Police say that the incident has been determined to not be criminal, and there was never any threat to the public.

The school is no longer in lockdown, and no more updates will be released.

A Smoky Lake school was put on lockdown after reports of a man with a weapon. 

RCMP say that they received a report on Friday (Mar. 17) morning about a man with a weapon near H. A. Kostash School in Smoky Lake. 

The school was put in lockdown and police asked residents in the area to stay in their homes. 

An investigation found that there was no criminal activity and no actual threat to public safety. 

A few new french immersion courses will be coming to Sturgeon Composite High School. 

Sturgeon Public Schools (SPS) made the announcement last week. It will become the first high school in the division to offer french courses. 

"Up to now we have had two of our schools with the french immersion option," said Lauren Walter, the marketing and communications manager with the division.