Monday, August 14th
- The case against Derek Harold Ward has been held over until September 25th.
Ward is accused in the death of Fred Whitehead two weeks ago in downtown Peace River. - Darcey Lloyd Brett (25) was charged after an armed robbery late last week at Fas Gas in Peace River.
Police continue to look for the accomplice… details in our news feed on the app. - Peace River Town Council meets tonight.
Topics include: Bylaw for the $20,00 interest free loan for the ski hill, Pool hot tub replacement, RCMP quarterly report. - The town of High Level is opening up to evacuees from the Territories.
The Sports Complex is the official registration centre and will have snacks and refreshments. - Heat warning in Southern Alberta, as temps could push into the mid-to-high 30’s.
Expecting mid-to-high 20’s in Northern Alberta. - Death toll in the Maui Wildfire approaching a hundred.
Deadliest Wildfire in the U.S. in over a century. - Mark Zuckerberg says that Elon Musk isn’t serious about a cage match.
Insinuates that he’s chicken. - Threads has dropped nearly 80% of it’s daily users since it’s launch.
The Meta social platform was Zuckerberg’s response to Elon’s Twitter. - Barbie STILL leads the weekend box office.
Oppenheimer finishes 2nd, followed by TMNT, Meg 2, & Haunted Mansion. - Canada’s big Boots and Hearts Country Music Festival was over the weekend in Ontario.
The lineup included Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, Tim Hicks, Dallas Smith, Bailey Zimmerman, & Nickelback. - The Peace River Stampeders have a shot at winning the Wheatbelt Baseball Championship tomorrow.
Game 3 against Rycroft (Stamps lead 2-0) will be at Misery Mountain. - After snapping their 3-game losing streak yesterday, the Jays get a much needed day off today (first in 18 days).
Start a two-game series against Philly tomorrow. - 4 Canadian Golfers have made it to the PGA semifinals (Top 50).
Nick Taylor (16th), Corey Conners (25th), Adam Hadwin (37th), Adam Svensson (39th) will all compete this week to make the Top 30 Championship.
Unfortunately, Canadian Mackenzie Hughes had the dubious honour of finishing 51st, and just missed out from moving on.
