UPDATE: The 5 year old boy missing since yesterday was found alive this evening, a couple of kilometres from where he went missing. Police say the toddler will need to be treated in hospital for exposure.
-Hundreds of people have gathered on the Frog Lake First Nation, as the search continues for a missing 5-year old boy.
Jager Cross-Memnook was last seen yesterday afternoon, while wearing a light blue Nike sweater and some Paw Patrol pajama bottoms.
The little boy is about 3 foot 6 and weighs 60 pounds.
He has red hair and is non verbal.
RCMP, their sniffer dogs, air-services chopper and the Edmonton police Air-1 chopper are conducting the search, while more than 1-hundred civilian volunteers are helping as well.
The Frog Lake First Nation is 230km east of Edmonton.
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-The Speaker of the House of Commons has stepped down, after inviting and having the House recognize a man who had been part of a Nazi unit during the Second World War.
During Anthony Rota’s introduction of 98-year old Yaroslav Hunka, he referred to him as a Ukrainian and Canadian war hero, not realizing what the military unit Hunka had been part of, was all about. MP’s from several parties said it was deeply embarassing for the country and had called on Rota to resign.
Rota’s resignation goes into effect immediately, and how a replacement has to be elected.
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Phillips it simply asks if you think Alberta should leave the CPP, and then why you think yes or no.
It means a section of the line near Jacko Lake close to Kamloops will be moved a bit, along with a change in how construction is carried out.
But the application has been opposed by a First Nation in that region of BC.
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-RCMP arrested two people yesterday morning, following a police chase where the suspect vehicle drove onto several rural properties in Leduc County, Camrose County and Wetaskiwin County.
Mounties say a number of fences were damaged as a result.
They eventually caught up with the vehicle, which had become stuck in a field around Range Road 222 and Township Road 472 in Wetaskiwin County.
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-The province is releasing what they’re calling a science-based framework to recognize feral horses, to ensure future sustainability.
Officials say herds sometimes move into areas that can’t support them, which winds up putting pressure on other wildlife and livestock.
The government says the new framework was developed with the Feral Horse Advisory Committee, and includes a pilot project with the Wild Horses of Alberta Society, where capture permits would be issued to place distressed or nuisance feral horses into adoption programs.
There are more than 14-hundred feral horses in the province right now.
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-St. Albert city council has said yes to borrowing a big chunk of money , so construction on the north end of St. Albert Trail can take place.
This section will cost about 16.2-million dollars, and includes another lane in both directions, a pedestrian trail and traffic signals.
Work is supposed to start in the spring, and be done by the fall of 2025.
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-Healthcare workers are going to be rallying outside Good Samaritan Society worksites in Edmonton today, as they demand better wages.
AUPE Vice-President Susan Slade says many of them are continuing care employees who’ve been working shorthanded for some time.
The rally is happening between 2 and 3pm at the Good Samaritan Southgate Centre location on 42nd Avenue and 107th Street.
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-The government is putting more than 1-million dollars into expanding low-income transit programs in six new communities across the province.
Low-income Albertans in Camrose, Hinton, Leduc, Lethbridge, Red Deer and Spruce Grove will now be able to apply for a low income transit pass.
They money will cover the municipality’s cost of subsidizing the program.
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-Effective immediately, all police agencies in Alberta will waive the fees associated with criminal record checks and fingerprints that are required for Indigenous people who wish to reclaim their Indigenous name.
The Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police say it’s to recognize the survivors of residential schools and the Sixties Scoop, who had their names changed by the system.
Descendants and spouses or partners of these people are also eligible for name changes if they want.
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-Boyle Street Community Services says its programs are going to be a bit scattered while they wait for their new centre to be ready.
The lease for the current place on 105th Avenue and 101st Street runs out at the end of this month, and the new place won’t be ready til next fall.
So triage programs will be run at 105th Avenue and 96th Street.
Cultural services will be moved to 103rd Avenue and 104th Street.
Four Directions Financial and Hiregood will be set up in portable trailers at 107-A Avenue and 101st Street.
Streetworks will be run as an outreach program.
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-Japanese researchers are working on a drug that could help you regrow your own teeth!!!
Scientists say there’s a gene in mice that affects how their teeth grow, and if that gene is suppressed, it can allow missing teeth to come in.
So far it’s worked on mice and ferrets, so testing is about to begin on healthy human adults.
If everything works, that drug could be approved by 2030.
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-A new take-home test is being tried out in several provinces, so women can self-screen for cervical cancer.
Each province has their own programs, but on average, it’s going to be for those aged 25 to 65 every five years.
Doctor who are advocates of the test say it would be a great option for women who have a history of sexual trauma, or who can’t take time off work.
And they say the accuracy rate is around 90-percent.
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-Some portable generators made by Honda are being recalled because they could pose a fire hazard.
These ones are red and gray in colour, and have a model number of EU-7000is.
Officials say the fuel cap may not seal properly, and while there haven’t been any issues reported, there’s a potential for fuel or fuel-vapour to leak and lead to a fire.
You’re asked to stop using the generator and get hold of a Honda dealer to get it fixed.
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