Lacombe

This Friday (August 29) marks 65 years since the first-ever home football game at Calgary’s McMahon Stadium, the long-time home of the Calgary Stampeders.

Built in just 103 days, the stadium first opened on August 15, 1960, under a 99-year lease with the City of Calgary.

Its construction was made possible thanks to a $300,000 donation from Calgary oilmen Frank and George McMahon to the University of Alberta in Calgary, which later became the University of Calgary.

Central Alberta is getting ready to turn teal as Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) launches its annual "Turn the Town Teal" campaign to raise awareness about the power of mentoring as part of the September month-long celebration of BBBS.

The campaign invites businesses and organizations in Lacombe, Blackfalds, Bentley, and Clive to decorate their storefronts and offices in teal, the official colour of BBBS.

Lead poisoning impacts cattle in Saskatchewan every year, potentially killing multiple animals in a herd. Not only is there the concern associated with losing cattle, but there is also potential for lead to enter the food chain – because of this, testing is required in lead poisoning cases to protect public health.

Researchers say pediatricians, family doctors and parents need to learn more about what kind of performance-enhancing substances kids are using when they work out or play sports.

Seventeen per cent of more than 800 Canadian pediatric specialists surveyed say they saw adolescents who needed medical attention due to dietary supplements or performance drugs over the previous year.

The majority of cases were boys and more than half of them were between 13 and 15 years old.

Almost a third of the patients were even younger — between 10 and 12 years old.

The head of the Alberta Energy Regulator has cancelled an application hearing for a potential coal mine, a move that he acknowledged is "without precedent."

The hearings had been scheduled for a proposed underground coal mine in Grande Cache, Alta., owned by Summit Coal Inc., which would produce about 3,562 tonnes of coal per day.

Workers dangle from ropes as they brush the last bit of white paint on the trim of the Okhmatdyt children’s cardiac hospital in Kyiv.

Below them, a damaged children's stroller and construction supplies sit atop a tree-covered garbage heap. Windows of some surrounding buildings are still boarded up with plywood.

One year after a devastating rocket attack on Ukraine's largest children's hospital that killed four and injured a dozen, the century-old facility is getting ready to reopen — with help from the Canadian Red Cross.

Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for parts of Central Alberta as a long-duration hot spell continues.

Daytime highs near 30 C combined with overnight lows between 12 C and 16 C are expected through the weekend. Forecasters say the heat will ease early next week.

Residents and visitors are advised to take precautions, including:

• Rescheduling outdoor activities to cooler hours.

• Taking frequent breaks in cooled indoor spaces.

• Drinking plenty of water and other non-alcoholic, non-caffeinated beverages.

An Alberta cabinet minister is promising to follow the rules following an unusual late-night tour of the legislature last week for controversial American Christian singer Sean Feucht.

Family Services Minister Searle Turton says he led Feucht and others through the domed building late Friday after the singer held a concert on the legislature grounds.

Feucht later posted a short video on social media of a "worship session," with him and others singing in the building's rotunda.

Alberta's parks minister says a fisher is expected to recover after being attacked by a grizzly bear in the province's south.

Todd Loewen says the attack took place over the weekend near Milk River, 300 kilometres south of Calgary, close to the U.S. border.

Loewen says there were cubs with the grizzly when the attack took place, so the bear may have been acting defensively.

He says details are still being gathered, but that there have not been any sightings of the grizzly since the mauling.

The Red Deer Rebels are starting the season with more than just a new head coach — players will return to a first-class facility at the Marchant Crane Centrium.

After last season ended, the club began a full renovation and expansion of its hockey amenities, wrapping up work just in time for training camp.

The project included a rebuilt dressing room with new stalls, flooring and lighting, an expanded fitness centre, a new players’ lounge and nutrition bar, an updated recovery zone, and an enlarged video and coaches’ area. A new shooting room is still under construction.