Airdrie

The Crossfield and Madden Food Bank has been open full-time now since January 1st, 2024, and it has been a busy journey ever since.

Angela Wigglesworth, the president of the food bank and co-founder, along with her sister Cheryl Longeway, explained that a lot has happened since the beginning.

Airdronian Hayley Isabel's busy summer continues as a new song is on the way, with more performances on the way.

During the Friday of the August long weekend, Isabel performed at the Strathmore Stampede.

"I got to play with a full band for the second time ever in my life, and it was so fun. The crowd was just amazing as well."

And on Sunday, she made the trip to Camrose for the Big Valley Jamboree.

The Mountain View County (MVC) General Election is ramping up with a number of residents putting their names forward for the councillor positions.

Urban municipalities within Mountain View County include the towns of Carstairs, Didsbury, Olds, and Sundre, as well as the Village of Cremona. Each municipality is responsible for electing its own councillors.

The current candidates include:

With harvest just getting underway across the Prairies, farmers are being reminded to think about safety when working with grain. The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) is urging farmers to prioritize safety around grain handling with the launch of its fifth annual Be Grain Safe Week.

Air Canada flight attendants are expected to picket at airports in four major Canadian cities on Monday in what their union is calling a national day of action.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees says demonstrations are expected to take place at Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Toronto Pearson International Airport, Vancouver International Airport and Calgary International Airport, all at 1 p.m. ET. 

Heartland Livestock Services announced the closure July 25; the Brandon auction mart has been a historic standby for Manitoba beef producers selling their cattle

Manitoba’s livestock producers have one less place to sell their animals.

Heartland Livestock Services announced July 25 that they are closing their Brandon location.

Prime Minister Mark Carney's popularity may be cooling off in the summer but remains broadly positive, a new poll from Abacus Data suggests.

The Carney-led Liberal government's approval rating dipped to 50 per cent in the firm's latest polling, down two percentage points compared to mid-July and the lowest level since March.

With 48 per cent viewing Carney favourably and 19 per cent disapproving, the prime minister maintains a positive net approval. That figure is a couple percentage points lower than in Abacus's previous poll.

The union representing front-line RCMP members wants the force to ease requirements for foreign applicants to help attract experienced police officers from agencies like the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and counterparts in the United Kingdom and Australia.

The RCMP currently requires that applicants be Canadian citizens or have permanent resident status in Canada. Applicants with permanent resident status must have lived in Canada as a permanent resident for three of the last five years.

Farm groups are asking for federal action on regulation and trade amid mounting financial pressures and tariff fears

Keystone Agricultural Producers and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture want governments to consider agriculture more often when setting priorities.

They are ramping up pressure on governments to prioritize agriculture in trade, regulation and disaster response as farmers face worsening drought and mounting financial strain.

According to the Telus website, there was an outage affecting multiple communities, including Airdrie, but it has since been resolved.

The website states the communities affected were Airdrie, Irricana, Acme, Beiseker and Linden.

"Cable damage caused by unaffiliated construction work being performed in the area" was the cause of the outage, according to Telus.

Services impacted include Internet, Optik TV, PIK TV, Home Phone, 911 Landline, Mobile Data, Mobile Text, and Mobile Voice.