Tuesday February 6, 2024
- Clifford Carifelle of Grimshaw has been given 6 1/2 months in prison, after a search of a Grimshaw home in 2022.
Carifelle is also due back in court in May from an arrest in Falher last October, where a loaded firearm, other weapons and ammunition were found in a stolen truck. - Restitution is order against Tywon Larose of Grimshaw, who will pay $7,500, after a series of searches in town.
The searches found stolen firearms and $20,000 worth of stolen firefighting equipment. - The Hockey portion of the Alberta Pond Hockey Championship has been cancelled, due to safety issues and ice thickness.
The Gala night and the Silent Auction, benefitting the Resource Centre for Suicide Prevention in Grimshaw, are still happening on the Saturday night. (Interview on App) - Fairview town council is meeting tonight.
Council reviews a Property Tax Exemption for the Fairview Food Bank, and releases the new town website, for information and for the public to observe. - The Alberta NDP leadership race formally began yesterday, with Calgary MLA Kathleen Ganley the first to announce she wants the top job.
Other potential candidates include former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi along with Edmonton MLA’s Sarah Hoffman and Rakhi Pancholi. - Country singer Toby Keith died Monday at the age of 62 after a battle with stomach cancer.
He leaves behind his wife, Tricia, and three children, Shelley, Krystal and Stelen. - Snow that buried the Maritime provinces over the weekend and continued to fall on Monday is now turning to freezing rain.
Fog advisories for portions of southern Saskatchewan, Manitoba and northwest Ontario. - The NPHL has finalized their schedule for the first round of the playoffs.
The first games are Thursday when Fort St. John plays Dawson Creek, and Spirit River plays Grande Prairie. Manning and Valleyview play Game 1 on Friday. - Peace River’s Scott Webb and Sexsmith’s Daylen Vavrek are making their way to Hinton for the Provincial Men’s Curling Championships.
First Draw is tomorrow afternoon at 1pm, when Webb plays Jacob Libbus of Edmonton, and Vavrek plays Johnson Tao, also of Edmonton. - Five Canadian teams hit the ice in the NHL tonight.
Edmonton is in Las Vegas, Calgary is in Boston, Vancouver is in Carolina, Winnipeg is in Pittsburgh, and Montreal is in Washington. - A mix of sun and cloud is the order of the skies in the Northwest for the bulk of this week.
Temps will remain around the normal range, with highs in the minus single-digits, and lows around -15. You might see numbers nudging zero at some time this weekend.
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