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Two games were on tap for the Carstar Okotoks Bisons this weekend.

The Herd trampled the Coaldale Copperheads on Friday night (Oct. 25) at Murray Arena in a 6-2 win. Sam Callahan had a first-period hat trick and finished the night with four points. McCallum Bakken picked up two assists on Callahan's hat trick, with Kaelan Bodnarchuk, Hunter Cobb, and team captain Jake Snashall adding a helper each. Callahan sits tied for first place for most goals in the league, as he has 13 goals in 11 games.

Alberta Grains regional meetings are scheduled across six regions within Alberta from October 28 to November 15. 

These annual meetings offer Alberta’s 18,000+ barley and wheat farmers a detailed look at the commission's research, advocacy and extension efforts funded by their checkoff dollars.

A veteran Ottawa journalist is firing back against what he says are "entirely false" claims by a former Conservative cabinet

Canada's long-held consensus on immigration is under threat but has not disappeared, the immigration minister said in an interview after announcing a major cut to the number of newcomers to Canada. 

On Thursday, Immigration Minister Marc Miller and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans to slash Canada's immigration targets by 20 per cent next year and admitted the Liberal government did not get the balance right after the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Friday that Canada strongly condemns a new surge of "horrifying violence" perpetrated by gangs in Haiti.

Gang violence has increased in the Caribbean nation in recent weeks and the UN says gangs now control 85 per cent of the capital city of Port-au-Prince.

Kenya is leading a multinational security mission to restore order after gangs drove out the former prime minister with targeted attacks earlier this year.

A transition council is now leading the nation, with the goal of holding elections next year.

Here's a look at some of this week's top news photos as selected by editors.

A man uses an umbrella to shield himself from the rain while walking on the Stanley Park seawall across the water from downtown Vancouver, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Olivier Ciarlo has been stellar in his first season with the Okotoks Oilers, picking up his fourth win in five games with a 3-2 victory over the Cranbrook Bucks tonight (Oct. 25).

The Green and Gold have now won three games in a row and lead the season series against Cranbrook 2-1 after winning tonight on the road. The Oilers struggled on the road to start the season but have now won their past two road games. The Bucks were coming into the game with an 8-2-0 record and had only lost one game at home in the 2024-2025 BCHL season.

With the winter approaching rapidly CN Rail is looking at a lot of movement coming as winter approaches the prairies.

With plenty of grain left in prairie bins following the harvest, CN Rail will be moving quite a bit of that to buyers over the coming months.

Assistant Vice President of Grain at CN Rail David Przednoweck says that they've been seeing a lot of movement over the previous two weeks.

Residents in smaller communities may be able to use golf carts to get around town.

Currently, the provincial government us working with the Town of Coaldale on a pilot program that will allow for limited use of golf carts in their community.

Through this program, municipalities will be granted the flexibility to adopt different transportation modes, which will help to reduce congestion, improve the quality of life for residents, as well as enhance the mobility of residents and increase recreational options.

A new type of round-up is going to provide money to those who work with twine.

The Great Twine Round-up is a new province-wide initiative that will help promote recycling of used plastic baler twine.

It is a contest put on by Cleanfarms and the Agricultural Plastics Recycling Group, and groups, such as 4-H clubs or nonprofit organizations or charities that support agriculture, are eligible for one of four $3,000 prizes for simply recycling used twine.

Through this contest, they are hoping to tackle the environmental impact plastic baler twine has on the province.