Wetaskiwin RCMP lay criminal charges after attempting a routine traffic stop

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A stud pony, who travelled down a highway, was found safe and sound and returned to his owner. (Photo courtesy of RCMP)

Giddy up: Lucky outcome for half blind pony who escaped owner’s property
Advocates and business owners in the beverage industry say Canada’s new guidelines for drinking alcohol could speed up changing consumer drinking habits as younger generations are drinking less and non-alcoholic beverages are becoming more popular. An alcoholic beverage is seen in a drinking establishment in Halifax on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

New alcohol recommendations could speed up changing drinking habits, businesses say
Hong Kong to ban CBD, label it a ‘dangerous drug’

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FILE - Trevor Noah appears at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on March 14, 2021. Noah is hosting the Grammy Awards for a third-straight year. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stands during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. Parliamentarians appear to be bracing themselves to return to Ottawa to face an economically turbulent start to the year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

House of Commons returns with focus on economy, health care — and the number eight
Free, and right here in Wetaskiwin, DFW’s One-on-One Employment Services welcomes Albertans who are unemployed or marginally employed to drop in for a wealth of resources

Drop in today! One-on-one employment services in Wetaskiwin
    The Civic Centre: Twin Arenas & Drill Hall is now Co-op Place, thanks to a 10-year sponsorship by Wetaskiwin Co-op.

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      Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada, holds a press conference at the Bank of Canada in Ottawa on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. The Bank of Canada is taking a pause from raising interest rates to assess how the economy responds to higher borrowing costs, with one key indicator to watch being the labour market. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

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      A northeast B.C. dinosaur footprint compared to a human foot. (District of Hudson’s Hope website)

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      Fans line up to enter Graceland for a memorial service for Lisa Marie Presley Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. She died Jan. 12 after being hospitalized for a medical emergency and was buried on the property next to her son Benjamin Keough, and near her father Elvis Presley and his two parents. (AP Photo/John Amis)

      Mourners bid farewell to Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis’ daughter

      Restorer Valentina Piovan works on Vittore Carpaccio’s 1502 painting ‘The agony in the garden’ at the Dalmatian School in Venice, northern Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. On November 20th, the National Gallery of Washington inaugurated the first retrospective exhibition of Carpaccio’s works outside of Italy. It will run until February 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

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      Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Canada speaks to reporters at the COP15 UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal, Sunday, December 18, 2022. The federal Liberals will not change Ottawa's environmental protection law to make it mandatory for every toxic substance to have a pollution prevention plan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

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      Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says the province objects to Ottawa's plan to extend eligibility for medically assisted death to people whose sole underlying condition is a mental illness. Smith gives an update in Calgary, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

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          Ribbon cutting and grand unveiling of new name for Civic Centre: Twin Arenas and Drill Hall Tuesday Jan. 17. The city-owned facility is now Co-op Place as part of a 10-year naming sponsorship. (Shaela Dansereau/ Pipestone Flyer)

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          Wrexham’s Tom O’Connor celebrates scoring against Sheffield United during the English FA Cup fourth round soccer match at The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, Wales, Sunday Jan. 29, 2023. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)

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          Canada’s Fancy Bermudez grabs the ball from an Australian player during the second half of rugby action at the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series at Starlight Stadium in Langford, B.C., on Saturday, April 30, 2022. Bermudez scored two tries in a losing cause against Brazil at the HSBC Sydney Sevens. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

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          Terry Liu, dressed as the God of Wealth, prepares for the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown, in Vancouver, on Sunday, January 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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          Actress and teacher Viola Leger receives the Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award for Theatre shakes hands with Governor General David Johnston during a ceremony of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, May 31, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand

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          FILE - Justin Bieber attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala on Sept. 13, 2021, in New York. Bieber’s publishing rights, copyright ownership and all rights to his entire music catalog are now under Hipgnois. The deal reportedly cost $200 million which is one of the biggest sales for a musician as young as Bieber, who is 28 years old. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

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              The City of Wetaskiwin will share its economic development update at the Leduc Nisku Wetaskiwin Chamber of Commerce luncheon event Jan. 20. City of Wetaskiwin photo

              In business or event planning, it takes a community … or communities!

              Economic development in Wetaskiwin is on the calendar for several events this month

                The City of Wetaskiwin has launched Memorial Arts Centre Survey, open until 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, to help council decide the future of the arts centre — specifically, whether the facility should be retained by the City of Wetaskiwin or sold. City of Wetaskiwin photo

                Should it stay or should it go? City seeks community input on Memorial Arts Centre

                Online survey open to residents until Jan. 8

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