Airdrie

Some Airdrie residents can expect extra cash in their bank accounts as the Canada Carbon Rebate (CCR) payment arrives today. This is the final payment for this benefit in 2024.

A temporary lane closure on Main Street South, north of Ridgegate Way, will begin today and last until next month.

According to the City of Airdrie, the closures will last until Wednesday, November 6, to accommodate construction activities for the Airdrie Multi-Use Facility and Library.

Farm Credit Canada's mid-year report shows cultivated farmland values rose by an average of 5.5 per cent nationally for the first half of 2024.

Over the 12 months from July 2023 to June 2024, there was a 9.6 per cent increase, representing a slowdown compared to the previous 12-month period (January to December 2023).

FCC's Vice President and Chief Economist J.P. Gervais says for the second consecutive year, Saskatchewan recorded the highest average six-month increases at 7.4 per cent, Alberta was at 4.6 per cent, and Manitoba 3.9 per cent.

Halloween in the Stonegate neighbourhood of Airdrie has taken on a new level of excitement thanks to Kim Lovelace, a resident who has embraced her "Halloweenie" side to unite the community.

For the past two years, Kim has spearheaded this festive event, which has quickly become a beloved tradition: the Stonegate Jack-O-Lantern Jamboree.

“I just love seeing how excited the kids get, how excited the parents get that the kids are excited, and everybody participating,”

Farmers are working hard pushing against the weather to get this year's crop in the bin.

As a result, they can also be dealing with an overwhelming amount of stress ranging from weather to markets, finances, equipment breakdowns and more, all at the same time.

Learning ways to recognize, release stress and reach out for help is key to avoid feeling overburdened especially when trying to stay focused when working with large farm equipment or unpredictable livestock.

On Friday a late-night incident in Rocky View County on a local road saw a Dodge Caravan collide with a wandering cow.

The incident occurred along Dixon Stevenson Trail at 11:55 PM after the vehicle swerved to miss a couple of other loose cows on the roadway. 

Airdrie RCMP responded to reports of the collision but confirmed that no injuries were reported among the individuals involved. However, the impact was significant enough that the vehicle was towed from the scene.

Bill Vigars, who led the promotion of Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope in 1980, has died at the age of 78. 

His wife, Sherry MacDonald, confirmed the news in an interview, saying Vigars died of congestive heart failure on Thursday surrounded by loved ones at a hospital in White Rock, B.C. She said he fought a "long, tough battle" that began when he had a heart attack in June. 

Vigars is survived by his wife, two children, a stepson and one grandson. He will be honoured at a private ceremony of life early next year, MacDonald said.

A growing number of Liberal MPs are banding together to convince Prime Minister Justin Trudeau it's time to step down, although he appears to retain support from his cabinet.

Trade Minister Mary Ng said Friday she had full confidence in Trudeau as word began to spread about a growing revolt. Ng was travelling back to Canada with Trudeau from Laos, where they were attending a summit of southeast Asian countries.

Stéphan Perreault and his team have been helping restore power in North Carolina since Hurricane Helene hit in late September, and they don't expect to be heading home any time soon.

They are some of the hundreds — possibly thousands — of Canadian line workers who have been called into service to help rebuild power grids after Helene and now Hurricane Milton have left millions of Americans in the dark.

Former public safety minister Bill Blair told a federal inquiry Friday he had no knowledge about delays in approving a spy service warrant in 2021 that may have included references to people in his own government.

A commission of inquiry into foreign interference has heard that it took 54 days for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service warrant application to be approved by Blair.

The average turnaround time for such applications is four to 10 days.