Monday January 6, 2025
- PM Justin Trudeau announces resignation. Parliament also prorogued until March 24.
- The Peace Country Beef and Forage Association is working with RCMP in Fairview to investigate a break-in at the Research Farm, early on Thursday morning.
The PCBFA says authorities were quick to respond and the Association is taking precautions to continue to prevent future incidents. - At their last meeting before Christmas, Fairview Town Council was presented a proposal by the Fine Arts Society for future renovations to the Fine Arts Center.
The Pool’s energy audit has been completed, making way to apply for grant money to replace the HVAC unit.
Plus, interim budgets have been approved, which will see no increase in the Tax Rate for the town. - 2024 was a good year infrastructure-wise in Birch Hills County, says officials.
Some setbacks did occur, however optimism is high heading into 2025. (Albert Poetker interview in separate story) - The Alberta government will announce a new agreement with Enbridge Pipelines on Monday afternoon.
The province is partnering with industry on opportunities for growth and investment in Alberta’s oil and gas transport and storage networks. - The United States Postal Service is resuming accepting mail and packages to Canada starting Monday following the end to the month-long Canada Post strike.
More than 55,000 postal workers went on strike over key issues such as the size of wage hikes and concerns about Canada Post’s plans to expand delivery to the weekend. - Four games in the NHL tonight… Vancouver is in Montreal, Washington is in Buffalo, Florida is in Colorado, and New Jersey is in Seattle.
- The NFL is celebrating Black Monday, which means coaches get let go after missing the playoffs.
Jarod Mayo was fired in New England, and Doug Peterson was released in Jacksonville. Both teams went 4-13 this past season. - Today is the last of the chilly days, and tonight is the beginning of the warming trend in the Northwest.
Highs this afternoon are in the negative teens, with tonight pushing -20. Tomorrow will continue with mostly sunny skies and digits getting to one number below zero.
Keith Hopper, Trending 55
