Airdrie

As of Saturday, the last "dumpster" puppy was adopted. All five puppies have now found their forever homes.

Near the end of September, the puppies were found in a dumpster by employees at Midtown Barber Shop, they called the RCMP where they were taken to the Alberta Pound and Rescue Centre (APARC) Airdrie chapter.

It took over a month to get all the puppies adopted, but APARC is happy they now have their new families.

If you have been keeping track of the supermoons in 2024, look up tomorrow as it will be the last one of the year.

This time, the Beaver Moon will illuminate Airdrie's sky as the sun sets.

According to space.com, "A supermoon occurs when the full moon coincides with the moon being at the point in its orbit within 90 per cent of its closest approach to Earth, called Perigee. This makes the moon appear slightly brighter and closer than usual, though the difference is difficult to notice with the naked eye."

President-elect Donald Trump's promise to slap an across-the-board tariff of at least 10 per cent on all imports including from Canada is unlikely to apply to Canadian oil, energy experts are predicting.

The threat of the tariff is causing a lot of concern north of the border, where the Canadian Chamber of Commerce said such a tariff could take a $30-billion bite out of the Canadian economy.

A proposed class-action lawsuit against the Canadian government says Indigenous people removed from their communities and placed in group homes beginning in the 1950s suffered physical, sexual and psychological abuse that "was commonplace, condoned and, arguably, encouraged."

The Federal Court lawsuit filed this month in Vancouver says Indigenous children across the country were forcibly removed from their homes and taken "to live with strangers — sometimes hundreds of kilometres from their families and Indigenous communities."

It has been announced that the trial for five former World Junior Canadian hockey players will begin on April 22, 2025. 

The highly publicized case involves former local hockey player Dillon Dubé, who played with the U15 AAA Airdrie Xtreme in the past, Cal Foote, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, and Michael McLeod.

The Airdrie Festival of Lights Society appears to have been the victim of theft earlier this week.

Michelle Pirzek, Director of the Airdrie Festival of Lights Society, the non-profit responsible for putting on Western Canada's largest free, outdoor walk-through Christmas light display, said volunteers had been setting up in Nose Creek Park since the past weekend.

A vehicle flipped onto its roof was causing delays on the QEII but has since been cleared.

According to reports, the vehicle was located on the northbound right shoulder, just before the Balzac Overpass. 

Crews are no longer on the scene.

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Canada's Public Health Agency has confirmed that a British Columbia teenager hospitalized last Friday is the country's first ever human case of domestically acquired avian flu.

The agency said in a statement Wednesday that testing at Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg confirms the teen did contract the H5N1 avian flu, the same strain related to viruses found in B.C. flocks in an ongoing outbreak at poultry farms.

Multiple residents who live in the Airdrie-Banff Constituency were honoured today, as 19 people received the King Charles III Coronation Medals. 

Blake Richards, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Airdrie Banff, explained these medals are awarded to Albertans who are local leaders in community service.

"We put out the call for nominations for the 20 medals that we had available to us, and we received a lot."

Airdrie residents will get a special treat during the Santa Claus Parade on Saturday, December 7, as the Coca-Cola Holiday Caravan stops in the city from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The iconic Coca-Cola truck, adorned with sparkling holiday lights, will accompany Santa and his elves, spreading festive cheer and joy to the community.