Lacombe

Stolen truck incident leads to high-speed flight and arrests.

In the early hours this morning (July 8), Lacombe Police received a report from a resident about the theft of his 2001 white Chevrolet Duramax truck from outside his home on Iron Wolf Boulevard.

A responding officer soon spotted a vehicle matching the description travelling at high speed through the city, reaching 120 km/h on Wolf Creek Drive.

Police discontinued the pursuit due to public safety concerns.

Suspected fraud attempt at Lacombe RBC leads to arrest.

On Friday (July 4), members of the Lacombe Police Service responded to a report of suspected fraud in progress at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) in Lacombe.

Bank staff had identified suspicious activity involving two men attempting to access funds from a recently opened account that had previously been flagged by RBC security.

Officers arrived and arrested both individuals without incident.

Rainfall across the prairies and even provincially has been quite variable this year.

Some areas have seen some pretty wicked storms bringing heavy rain, high winds and hail.

The Canadian Crop Hail Association says storm activity across the prairies in the last two weeks of June resulted in farmers filing well over 2000 hail claims.

According to the report mid-June thunderstorms dropped pea- to toonie-sized hail across Western Canada.  

A 32-year-old woman from Sundre is facing multiple charges after a string of vehicle and credit card thefts in Airdrie. 

Between June 26 and July 1, Airdrie RCMP responded to three stolen vehicle reports linked to locker break-ins at a local recreation centre. Car keys and credit cards were taken, with the cards later used fraudulently at various locations in the city. 

Sylvan Lake residents living in Hewlett Park area will need to watch for more construction on Herder Drive starting today.

According to The Town of Sylvan Lake, you can expect road closures for storm sewer replacement and roadway rehabilitation.

• Herder Drive – From Heenan Crescent to 52 Herder Drive
• Harrison Road – From Herder Drive to Harper Drive
• Start Date: July 8 - 7:00 AM
• End Date: August 27- 5:00 PM

Zoning bylaws and the Greater Downtown area were some of the topics discussed at the Monday, July 7th, Regular Council meeting.

Here is a recap of that meeting:

 CONSENT AGENDA:  

 Westerner Exhibition Association: 

World wheat stocks could climb to 271 million tonnes by the end of 2025-26, up from 264 million tonnes at the end of 2024-25

There will be plenty of wheat in the world in 2025-26, say analysts.

“As we enter mid-year Northern Hemisphere harvest, a larger-than-expected crop is expected to limit the upside in global wheat prices,” Dennis Voznesenski, agricultural economist with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, said in his recent Agri Commodity Weekly Alert.

The public is being invited to weigh in on a proposed disc golf course in Blackfalds.

The Optimist Club of Blackfalds has proposed a new disc golf course within the town, and residents are invited to provide feedback, ask questions or share concerns.

An open house will be held Wednesday, July 9, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the main hall at the community centre.

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is headed off to Japan and Malaysia as the Carney government shapes its diplomatic and trade approach to the Indo-Pacific region.

Anand will meet with her Japanese counterpart in Tokyo this week as the two finalize an agreement on sharing defence information and boosting trade.

On Thursday and Friday, Anand will take part in a meeting with the Association of South East Asian Nations, or ASEAN, in Malaysia.

The head of emergency medicine for Alberta's doctors association is challenging Premier Danielle Smith to join him on shift to see the frustration of patients jammed for hours in hallways and the moral injury of doctors looking into the eyes of the those who wait.

“It's this kind of vicarious trauma, this inability to help when we're helpers, that is causing us to leave,” Dr. Warren Thirsk said in an interview.

“Unless you experience it, you don't really get it.