Okotoks

On Friday, May 30, Alberta Parks issued a warning for Gunnery Mountain in southern K-Country.

This is just a warning and not a closure; however, it went into effect on Friday and will remain so until further notice.

Ottawa probably can't help overhaul how municipalities raise funds in the near future, because the federal government is now focused on major, nation-building projects, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday

"We're building on what has worked. We're learning lessons from what hasn't," Carney said at an event held by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

The group represents cities and towns that have lobbied Ottawa for years to give them more independent means of financing their operations.

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says she doesn't blame First Nations leaders who are voicing frustration with governments promising to fast-track development in their territories in the name of national unity.

"I don't blame them. They're frustrated and they're being disrespected," National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said Wednesday morning.

"If we're not at the table making these decisions right off the bat, this is what happens and it causes the Canadian government more problems later."

The RCMP says it will enforce temporary airspace restrictions over Calgary and Kananaskis during the G7 Leaders’ Summit in June.

In a May 30 news release, the RCMP confirmed a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) will be in effect from 6 a.m. on June 14 to 11:59 p.m. on June 17.

The RCMP said it is coordinating with “G7 Summit aviation partners including Transport Canada, the Canadian Armed Forces and NAV CANADA” as part of the 2025 G7 Integrated Safety Security Group.

According to the RCMP, two restricted airspace zones will be established.

Seaman Stadium is sure to be packed on for the Okotoks Dawgs' home opener on Saturday, May 31, but before that, fans were invited in for a pre-season celebration.

The Dawgs hosted Fan Fest, offering food and drink, family-friendly activities, and a preview of the team's lineup and the stadium's new amenities.

Measles cases continue to rise in Alberta, with exposures now having been confirmed in Okotoks.

On Friday evening (May 30), those who attended the Foothills Composite High School convocation and grad banquet were notified that they were exposed to measles, as one or more individuals with a confirmed case were in attendance while infectious.

The email was sent from the school's administration, stating that they were instructed to send the information on Alberta Health Services' (AHS) behalf.

According to AHS, the potential exposure dates and locations are:

Prairie farmers may have to contend with rust this year, a disease that can significantly impact crop yields.

Dr. Kelly Turkington, a research scientist in plant pathology with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at Lacombe, explains that rust spores typically originate from the Pacific Northwest and the Texas-to-Nebraska corridor in the U.S. These spores, which include stripe rust, leaf rust, stem rust, and crown rust in oats, are carried by the wind and usually start appearing in the prairies in June.

The Town of High River released another Highwood River water update on Friday (May 30).

Currently, the snowpack is at 38 mm of snow water equivalent, but a week earlier on May 23, the snowpack was sitting at 198 mm of snow water equivalent.

As of June, 7 2024, the snowpack was sitting at 277 mm of snow water equivalent.

Almost no rain has fallen since April 1 in Nipawin and Prince Albert 

Rain has become a rarity in Nipawin, Sask.

In the 30 days of April, Nipawin received one millimetre of precipitation. In the first 27 days of May, the Environment Canada weather station in Nipawin recorded 1.5 mm of rain and snow.

It’s a similar story across the northern agricultural region of Saskatchewan. There’s been almost no rain this spring in Hudson Bay, Carrot River and Prince Albert.

Alberta students from 11 schools recently worked on projects that make a difference in their communities.

Through the Environmental Student Action Challenge Grant, the provincial government is investing in the youth in the province, as well as helping them to complete school-based projects that address and offer solutions for a student-identified need in their community.

Students in this program learn about improving their environment and document the lessons they learned.