HighRiver

There has been another confirmed case of measles in southern Alberta.

AHS reported last Friday (March 28) that they were notified of another confirmed case of measles in the Taber area.

Not only that, but this case was in public settings while infectious, prompting AHS to issue a public alert to potential exposures.

The locations and times of the potential measles exposure include:

March 22, 2025
The Colosseum
450 31 St. N. Suite 70, Lethbridge
Exposure time period: Approx. 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. (MST)

The province is starting a new program this week, which will help divert recycling from the landfill.

The new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) program will begin on April 1, which will reduce waste going to the landfill, as well as improving recycling programs in the province, and saving communities and taxpayers' money.

The African Children's Choir by Music for Life is coming to High River this Saturday.

18 Ugandan children comprise the choir as they tour across North America with local family hosts helping.

Music for Life is based in Africa and the choirs are made up of many children at times from across the entire continent.

Jim Luzze, who's now in his 20s, was with the choir and was one of the original children involved.

The children come from vulnerable backgrounds, many with limited opportunities to even go to school.

A known jewelry scam is once again resurfacing in many Alberta communities, including Okotoks.

It involves scammers approaching people claiming to need money for something like gas, groceries, or car repairs, and offering to sell the person some jewelry at a steep discount.

When victims attempt to resell the jewelry to a jeweler or other reputable buyer, they discover it to be fake.

An Okotoks business warned locals of one of these scams just last week, and Cpl. Ryan Edwards with the Okotoks RCMP has confirmed they have received a report.

Fort Macleod RCMP have confirmed a missing Fort Macleod youth has been found safe.

On March 31, police asked the public for assistance in locating a 16-year-old Fort Macleod resident, who was last seen on March 28.

They sent a follow-up release just before 4:30 p.m. on April 2 confirming the teen was found.

Local amateur weather forecaster Angie Brown joined her Uncle Charlie on the 99.7 Sun Country Morning Show this morning.

Angie joins her uncle on Monday mornings after the 6:30 a.m. News to share her weather predictions for the week.

"Right now, we're sitting at a chilly -2 on our way up to a high of +5. Cloudy with a high of +5 for today. 

Tomorrow a mix of sun and cloud, a 30 per cent chance of showers into the late afternoon and a high of +9.

Wednesday, cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of flurries and a high of -1.

The Okotoks Oilers just squeaked into the BCHL playoffs over the weekend.

The Oil were sitting in 8th place in the Interior Conference heading into the weekend with only a three-point lead on the Spruce Grove Saints.

Both teams had a pair of games lined up so the Oilers would have to get at least one point over two games to outright make the playoffs.

However, the Green and Gold lost both games, but the Saints won one but lost their other game by one goal; therefore, the Oilers are going to the playoffs.

With a federal election looming, Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) is launching Vote for Grain, a national campaign to engage grain farmers in the federal election and ensure their voices are heard.

A representative for the Canadian Red Cross says the situation on the ground in Myanmar is "still very dire and tragic" days after a massive earthquake that has killed more than 1,700 people.

Canadian Red Cross operations lead Chiran Livera said teams of staff and volunteers made up of both international and local Red Cross workers were in Myanmar when the quake hit on Friday, and they have been able to distribute help, including water and shelter kits, from warehouses stationed around the country.

Many butterflies, bees and moths are fluttering into oblivion. A new report co-authored by a Canadian researcher warns that more than one-fifth of pollinator species it studied in North America are at risk of extinction.