Monday January 15, 2024
- The emergency alert received on Saturday night, issued by the Alberta Electric System Operator, urged Albertans to reduce electricity usage to essentials only to prevent rotating outages.
Nathan Neudorf, Alberta’s minister of affordability and utilities, said “We have a lot of work to do to make our system more efficient and optimize the generation that we have.” - AMA workers backlogged with towing and boosting requests.
This due to record cold temperatures in much of Alberta this past weekend. - Cal Johnson has been recently appointed as acting Superintendant of the Northland School Division.
This after it was announced that Shelley Willier is no longer in the position, or with the School Division. - V3X Global Solutions is a private security firm, who will serve as agents to enforce Bylaws of the Little Red River Cree Nation.
The company will be stationed in Garden River, Fox Lake, and John D’Or Prairie. - ASIRT finds Spirit River officer not guilty of aggravated assault.
The arrest was made on June 11, 2022, by RCMP that left a man with a broken neck and became a quadriplegic. - Alberta Canola AGM happening in GP January 24 & 25.
AGM, Canola Conference, and Research Symposium happening during the two-day event. - Eligible Canadians will receive their first carbon pricing rebate of 2024 from the federal government starting today.
Residents in Alberta will automatically receive the rebate through direct deposit or by cheque, as long as they have filed their income tax and benefit returns. - Two Canadian teams hit the ice today in the NHL, some of which are afternoon games because of a US holiday.
Vancouver is in Columbus this afternoon, and Colorado is in Montreal this evening. - The Australian Open Tennis championship starts today in Melbourne.
On the Men’s side, Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime won his opening match, while Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., and Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., lost their opening matches.
For the women, Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que won her opening match while qualifier Rebecca Marino of Vancouver will face fifth-seeded American Jessica Pegula in first-round play tonight. - Two NFL playoff games today…
Pittsburgh in Buffalo, and Philidelphia at Tampa Bay… - The Cold weather is still here, but it will slowly warm up as the week progresses in the Northwest.
Digits will rise a little overnight tonight, but a little snow is forecasted to fall.
Keith Hopper, Trending 55
