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There were a large number of police officers in Ardrossan this morning.

In a release just after 8 a.m., the Strathcona County RCMP said they were responding to an incident and were asking residents to stay in their homes.

“Please refrain from posting photos of officers on social media until the incident is over,” the RCMP stated.

At 9:19, police issued an update saying the area was clear and the matter was resolved.

RCMP provided an update on Monday (Mar. 13) that said police were responding to reports of a suspected armed break-and-enter at a residence. 

The Fort Saskatchewan RCMP now have a better understanding of what the community expects from them for the rest of the year. 

Inspector Barry LaRocque was with other members of the police to take part in a town hall with Fort Saskatchewan residents on Wednesday (Mar. 8) night. 

"The intent of [town hall] was to have a dialogue with the citizens of Fort Saskatchewan as to what they believe the priorities should be for the RCMP to work on in the next year," said LaRocque. 

"We had 44 people attend the session." 

Redwater RCMP has charged a man with breaking and entering after catching him in the middle of stealing a car.

Last month, police received a call from a concerned resident who said they saw someone trying to steal their neighbour's car in Thorhild.

When officers arrived, they say the suspect, 23-year-old Bradley Ingebrigsten, was behind the driver's seat of the car. He was placed under arrest.

After searching Ingebrigsten, police allegedly found a retractable baton, several key rings with car keys, a bag of break-in tools, a wallet, and a garage door opener.

Students at Archbishop Jordan Catholic High School (ABJ) got a chance to understand the effects of impaired driving. 

Teaming up with Citizens on Patrol, the school organized an impaired driving simulator for students last Wednesday (Mar. 8). 

ABJ set up pylons, stop signs, and stuffed animals in their gym to create an obstacle course. The students were then asked to safely navigate the course in a pedal kart while wearing vision-altering goggles to mimic what it would be like to be driving under the influence of alcohol. 

Justice Minister David Lametti says the federal government will move forward quickly on "targeted reforms" to the Criminal Code that would update Canada's bail system.

Lametti says the reforms will address challenges posed by repeat violent offenders and those facing firearms and other weapons charges. 

He made the commitment this afternoon following what he called a good and productive meeting with his provincial and territorial counterparts.

CN's assistant vice president of grain David Przednowek says they set a new record for grain shipments out of Western Canada in February. 

"We shipped 2.4 million tonnes of grain and processed grain products during the month. Volumes that we shipped by container, of course, in addition to that. The previous record best February was 2.2 million tons back in February 2021."

He says within the month of February, they had three weeks in a row, grain shipment weeks 27-28-29. where they actually set individual records for those shipment weeks.

Stats show that food price inflation between January 2022 and January 2023 was 11.4 percent.

Consumers report switching to cheaper brands, buying products on sale and flyer price comparison shopping and going where the price is the best instead of retail loyalty.

Anthony Durocher, the Deputy Commissioner of the Competition Promotion Branch told the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food committee that on October 24th they launched a market study of grocery store competition in Canada.

Meet Jude White, Fort Saskatchewan's Disney expert.

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.

"He's gone through different phases of how involved he is, but Pixar and Walt Disney Animations were some of the first words he ever spelled," said Tanya. "He started writing these out before he even talked."

Strathcona County has decided not to go through with creating a bylaw that would attempt to tackle the theft of catalytic converters.

The idea came up in October when Strathcona County council was looking into ways to deter the theft and illegal possession of catalytic converters.

There’s a big winner somewhere in Alberta outside of our major cities.

A Lotto 6/49 ticket picked up in Alberta has a new millionaire but so far that ticket has not been claimed.  

Western Canadian Lottery Corporation says the ticket was purchased somewhere outside of Edmonton and Calgary and exactly matched the winning number in Wednesday’s Gold Ball draw (29731883-01), netting a $1 million windfall.