Airdrie

The Airdrie Pickleball Club has been awarded a $25,000 grant to expand accessibility for Alberta families.

"This funding initiative aims to address affordability and accessibility challenges for children and families seeking opportunities in sport, physical activity, and recreation across Alberta," shared the club in a press release.

Ryan Reed, the new Superintendent of Rocky View Schools (RVS), is excited to have his first school year underway in his new role.

Now with a week under his belt, he shared that it is still a familiar feeling.

"It's exciting to see all the people that we have in place, both here at the Education Center and in schools, get to do what they love, and that's work with our students."

He explained that there has been a flurry of activity as everybody comes back from summer as well, but that it is an exciting time of the year.

Canada’s canola industry is expressing deep frustration over the federal government’s newly announced support package, saying it fails to meet the urgent needs of farmers and the broader value chain affected by the ongoing closure of the Chinese market.

While industry leaders welcomed the government’s attention to agriculture, they say the measures announced on Friday do not reflect the scale of the crisis.

While the Alberta government is urging teachers to get back to the bargaining table to get out of an ongoing stalemate, their union says the province needs to move beyond reiterating a deal that teachers have already rejected.

Finance Minister Nate Horner is encouraging teachers to take a closer look at the latest offer, which he says shows respect for teachers.

"We've never left the table," Horner said in an interview Monday.

"We think this is a fair deal. We think this is a good deal."

The federal government says it plans to launch a public registry to keep Canadians in the loop on its growing use of artificial intelligence.

"We are seeing a lot more activity across departments and agencies," Stephen Burt, the government’s chief data officer, told The Canadian Press.

The federal government says it has found almost 500 ways to streamline regulations and cut costs following a 60-day red tape review exercise.

Departments and agencies have published reports identifying measures to make them more efficient and eliminate complicated or redundant regulations or processes.

Examples include a Canada Border Services Agency proposal to end the rule requiring that travellers arriving in Canada only on their way to another country, be examined by the agency before making their way to their departing flight.

The City of Airdrie said repairs at Genesis Place will keep the lane pool and dive tank closed until mid-October after hairline fractures were discovered during scheduled maintenance.

Strathmore RCMP say a shelter-in-place order in a Langdon neighbourhood has been lifted, and one suspect is in custody after a firearms incident.

Police issued the order earlier Monday for residents along Bolder Creek Drive, asking them to stay inside their homes and not open doors for anyone.

Officers also urged the public not to post photos of responding police on social media.

RCMP said further details will be provided on Tuesday.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative government says it will fight hard to defend a court challenge to its school pronoun law.

“Alberta’s government will vigorously defend our position in court,” Heather Jenkins, press secretary to Justice Minister Mickey Amery, said in a statement after two LGBTQ+ advocacy groups officially filed the court challenge last week.

Jenkins stressed the legislation was introduced to strengthen ties between parents and their child’s education.

A new poll suggests 44 per cent of Canadians want to see the temporary foreign worker program scrapped as the country grapples with high unemployment, especially among young people.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre recently proposed eliminating the program in response to high youth unemployment. The unemployment rate for people aged 15 to 24 hit 14.6 per cent nationally in July, according to Statistics Canada data.