Update: Two missing after canoe capsizes on Upper Kananaskis Lake, search efforts ongoing
Update:
Kananaskis Mountain Rescue, Alberta RCMP Underwater Search Team and the Cochrane RCMP, recovered the two drowning victims from Upper Kananaskis Lake.
The victims, a 33-year-old female resident of Banff and a 34-year-old male resident of Canmore, were recovered yesterday (Sept. 11).
Farm goods store Peavey Mart to stage a comeback with Alberta locations this fall
Peavey Mart is making a comeback.
A message posted to the farm goods retailer's website says the brand that closed all its stores earlier in the year is planning to reopen in select Alberta markets.
The note says Spruce Grove, Westlock, Camrose and Lacombe will all see Peavey Mart return this fall.
The company says the new iteration of the brand will focus on high quality and locally sourced items meant for farmers, ranchers, homesteaders and more.
It promises to release more details about the relaunch in the coming weeks.
Calgary police detonating explosive substance found in industrial neighbourhood
People in Calgary can expect to hear a consistent round of loud bangs for at least another day as police try to disarm an explosive substance in a south-end industrial neighbourhood.
Police say a moving company had been tasked with disposing of several substances, including a package of picric acid.
But that package was mislabelled and had been sitting for about 10 days when it was discovered early Tuesday afternoon. Police were notified later in the day.
LeBlanc leaves Washington with a sense that progress has been made
Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said he left Washington Wednesday with a sense that progress was made after a meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
"It was constructive in the sense it was an exchange of views that I think helped both us and the Americans understand the work we need to do to get, we hope, to an agreement," LeBlanc said in an interview with The Canadian Press after arriving in Montreal.
Poilievre says temporary foreign workers taking jobs from young Canadians
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Wednesday accused the federal Liberals of allowing temporary foreign workers to take jobs away from young Canadians while youth unemployment is high.
"As our young people have a quarter-century high in their unemployment, Mark Carney this year is expected to bring in a record number of temporary foreign workers to take the jobs of Canadian youth," Poilievre said.
Statistics Canada data shows unemployment for youth, aged 15 to 24, hit 14.6 per cent in July. This is the highest it's been since 2010, outside of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Simplified BSE testing shows good uptake
Canada changed its BSE surveillance after lower global incidence of ‘mad cow disease’ led to international standards shift
Canada’s agency for food safety is encouraged with cattle industry response to a new, more farmer-friendly approach to BSE surveillance.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) updated national bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) surveillance program — put in place earlier this year to meet new international standards — has received 152 samples of risk material as of Aug. 11, it recently said.
Claims filed in Alberta hailstorm aftermath
Massive storm in southeastern Alberta causes significant damage to crops and reported deaths of livestock
The numbers are still coming in for the cost of the damage caused by a huge hail storm that hit various areas of Alberta Aug. 20.
The storm ripped its way through vast swaths of land from Cayley, Milo and Brooks to the Saskatchewan border, as well as Camrose to the Viking, Edberg, Sedgewick, and Hughenden areas.
Award-winning images from the province’s top photographers to be displayed in High River
The Best of Alberta Photography Exhibition is coming to High River.
The travelling exhibit features award-winning images from the Alberta Region of Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC).
The images will be on display at the High River Public Library from Sept. 2 to Sept. 29.
Manitoba reporting low levels of fusarium as spring cereal crops start to come in
Manitoba Agriculture released its latest weekly crop report on Tuesday, offering a snapshot of harvest progress and crop conditions across the province. Cereal crop specialist Anne Kirk, who is compiling the reports this month, says harvest operations are moving forward despite recent weather challenges.
Diamond Valley warns of scammers going door-to-door
The Town of Diamond Valley is warning about salespeople going door-to-door, making false claims.
On Wednesday (Aug. 27), the Town took to Facebook to let the public know they have been made aware of salespeople going home-to-home using high-pressure tactics and falsely claiming the Town will stop permitting solar projects soon.
This is false.
The Town of Diamond Valley has no plans to restrict solar permits.
Now, the Town is reminding residents to be cautious and avoid making rushed decisions.