CALGARY Tanner Sawka was having an outstanding rookie season two years ago with the Okotoks Oilers. He had two goals and 14 assists in 45 games but was playing in constant pain. Bone spurs had developed in his hips and Sawka says he knew he was going to have to do something about it. So he put his hockey career on hold and went in for double hip surgery. Yeah I was like, pretty bummed out, Sawka said. I knew I had to get it done just for my way of life, the way I wanted to live in the future and then once I found out my hips needed to be worked on I was pretty bummed out but I just had to be resilient.
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. Lethbridge s Exhibition Park is set to double its current hosting capacity with construction kicking off Wednesday on the city s new 268,000 square foot Agri-food and Trade Centre. The project will create roughly 400 construction jobs over the next 20 months and as many as 50 full-time jobs when the facility opens in early 2023. With additional capacity for events and opportunities for local producers, businesses and students, the hub is an exciting example of the bold, ambitious and forward-thinking projects powered by Alberta’s Recovery Plan, said Premier Jason Kenney. This development will help position Alberta for prosperity by creating jobs, attracting investment, and showcasing our province’s growing value-added food sector.
CALGARY Premier Jason Kenney says he has 100 per cent confidence in his health minister after some Calgary physicians say a lack of trust was one reason they voted to reject a tentative deal with the province and the Alberta NDP called for Tyler Shandro to be fired. Being the minister of health is always the toughest job in any provincial government, Kenney told reporters Wednesday. We absolutely want to sit down with the medical association and to continue the momentum we had going into this agreement. The Alberta Medical Association (AMA) said 53 per cent of physicians who voted rejected the tentative agreement with the province.
CALGARY Calgary police are asking for the public s assistance in locating a missing man. Jordan Boucher left Salmon Arm, B.C. in November, 2020, believed to be headed to Calgary. He was last seen at First Alliance Church Calgary on 40th Street S.E. Saturday, Feb 20, 2021. On Thursday, March 18, 2021, his family reported him missing. Boucher is described as around 1.88 metres (6 2 ), 81 kilos (179 pounds), with brown hair and brown eyes. He was known to visit the Roadking Truck Stop at 4949 Barlow Trail S.E. and was believed to be trying to find work in the trucking industry. He travelled to Calgary in a white 2020 Volkswagen GTI with the B.C. plate KR249R
PICTURE BUTTE, ALTA. Osprey arriving back to southern Alberta after a long migration, will have a new nesting structure at the Picture Butte reservoir. The nest platform, which was installed on a tall wooden pole, has been donated and built by AltaLink to be ready for the return of osprey this spring. Local volunteers with the Walk On the Wild Side Society brought branches to build the starter nest. “What we’re trying to do is get one of the higher predators in, which helps to balance the whole eco-system,” said John Kolk, a society member who farms nearby.