Tuesday March 5, 2024
- Fairview town council meets tonight. On the agenda, Seargent Lacey Blair from the RCMP presents the Community Policing Report in a delegation.
Also, Tax Arrears Recovery and a bylaw for Pet Therapy with Chickens Pilot Bylaw is being discussed and decided upon at the meeting. - Ecole des Quatre-Vents in Peace River have students and staff moved into their new building.
Sarah Nickonchuk, the principal, has an interview on the App. - Alberta’s Minister of Affordability and Utilities says ensuring a reliable electricity grid is part of the new guidelines in place for renewable energy projects.
A “pause” on approvals of renewable projects in Alberta ended last week. - Growing concerns over both drought and floods have led the province to announce a multi-million dollar program to help municipalities cope.
$125 million has been given over the next five years for infrastructure projects that help municipalities handle drought and flood. - Meta-owned social media platforms Facebook and Instagram were down for hundreds of thousands of users on Tuesday in a global outage
The disruptions started around 10 a.m. ET, with many users saying on X they had been booted out of Facebook and Instagram and were unable to log in. - A Stoney Nakoda woman has been charged with murder in a death on the First Nation last year.
RCMP announced 48-year-old Cynthia Dixon was charged with second-degree murder. - Electricity Canada is sounding the alarm over a proposed tax change it warns could see some private utilities saddled with millions in additional income taxes.
It would bring Canada in line with the United States, the United Kingdom and Ireland on tax rules for companies that operate across more than one country. - Correctional Service Canada confirms Luka Magnotta, who made headlines for the brutal killing of an international student, resides in a medium-security prison.
A jury found Magnotta guilty of first-degree murder in 2014 for the killing and dismemberment of 33-year-old Concordia University student Jun Lin in 2012. - NPHL Playoffs tonight…
Game 5, Spirit River is in Dawson Creek, the Rangers lead the series 3-1. - Four Canadian teams hit the ice in the NHL tonight…
Edmonton is in Boston, Seattle is in Winnipeg, Vancouver is in LA, and Montreal is in Nashville. - Sunshine and warmer temperatures are coming to the Northwest, as we move into the latter half of this week.
Digits will stay in the minus teens today, and might knock on the door of -30 tonight.
Keith Hopper, Trending 55
