Skate park season is officially starting with an opening event on June 17

The Sylvan Lake skate park will be opening for the season on June 17. Sylvan Lake News file photo.
The free event at the Sylvan Lake skate park will feature mini competitions, hot dogs and prizes
Former President Donald Trump listens as he speaks with reporters while in flight on his plane after a campaign rally at Waco Regional Airport, in Waco, Texas, March 25, 2023, while en route to West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Donald Trump stored, showed off and refused to return classified documents, indictment says
David Johnston, Independent Special Rapporteur on Foreign Interference, appears as a witness at the Procedure and House Affairs Committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Johnston says he is stepping down from his role, citing the highly partisan atmosphere around his work. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

David Johnston quits as special rapporteur on foreign interference
Oregon to crack down on illegal pot growers by holding landowners responsible

Oregon to crack down on illegal pot growers by holding landowners responsible
Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson arrives to a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Wilkinson urges collaboration after Saskatchewan rejects federal energy table

A two-year old girl has died after she was reported missing at a campground west of Calgary. The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Two-year-old girl dies after being found in the water at Alberta campground
This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at 2:20 p.m. EDT and provided by CIRA/NOAA, shows a broad view of smoke from Canadian wildfires drifting across the Midwest and Northeast of the United States. Smoke and flames continue to engulf much of Canada with poor air quality in parts of Ontario and Quebec, and blanketing much of the west. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-CIRA/NOAA

Wildfire roundup: What you need to know about blazes burning across Canada
The agency co-ordinating the deployment of U.S. firefighters and equipment to Canada says it is keeping a wary eye on its own looming fire season. The U.S. National Interagency Fire Center says there are currently 345 federal firefighters and support personnel helping out north of the border. In this aerial image, an aircraft, center, flies near a wildfire burning near Barrington Lake in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Communications Nova Scotia/The Canadian Press via AP

Happy to help Canada, but U.S. wildfire season is rapidly approaching, officials warn
A passenger boards a WestJet Encore Bombardier Q400 twin-engined turboprop aircraft in Kamloops, Saturday, June 3, 2023. WestJet and Swoop pilots ratified their collective agreement after a bargaining process that saw the threat of a strike snarl many Canadians’ long weekend plans. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

WestJet to wind down budget airline Swoop, fold it into main operation
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Feds warn 2023 on track to be the worst fire season ever seen in Canada

Firefighters arrive at a command centre within the evacuated zone while taking a break from battling the wildfire burning in Tantallon, N.S. outside of Halifax on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Fighting wildfires in forested areas is a different exercise than battling blazes in urban dwellings, although experts say more places are seeing a crossover as people build houses on the fringes of wooded zones. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Urban sprawl on wooded lands presents unique challenges when fires spread: experts

Cardinal Mauro Bassetti, right, celebrates a penitential rite in front of the altar of the confession inside St. Peter’s Basilica, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Cardinal performs rite to restore Vatican altar desecrated by man’s naked protest

Lifeguards work at Brittany Beach on the Ottawa River in Ottawa on Friday, June 24, 2022. Staff running pools and beaches across Canada are trying to entice people to work as lifeguards amid a shortage, the Lifesaving Society says. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Canadian towns and cities try creative ways to recruit lifeguards amid shortage

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is expected to name her new cabinet today, coming off her United Conservative party’s election win last month. Smith holds a news conference in Calgary on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol

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B.C. Lions wide receiver Dominique Rhymes, left, runs the ball as Calgary Stampeders defensive linemen Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund chases him during first half CFL football action in Calgary, Thursday, June 8, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Adams Jr., Rhymes in sync in B.C. Lions’ 25-15 win over Calgary Stampeders

Vernon Adams Jr. threw for 176 yards in a pair of touchdown drives

Hamilton Tiger Cats quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell (19) looks on from the sidelines against the Toronto Argonauts during first half CFL pre-season football action in Hamilton on Saturday, May 27, 2023. The 33-year-old Texan embarks on his first full season as Hamilton’s starter after spending the previous 10 campaigns with the Calgary Stampeders. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power

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Anthaea-Grace Patricia Dennis poses for a portrait at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa on Friday, June 2, 2023. The 12-year-old is graduating from the University of Ottawa’s biomedical science program, and setting a record in the process. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Meet Patricia, the 12-year-old soon to be Canada’s youngest university graduate in history

Patricia Dennis will walk across the University of Ottawa stage and accept a bachelor’s degree in biomedical science

B.C. attractions like the Butchart Gardens (above), along with museums, amusement parks, other visitor landmarks and tour bus companies, can apply for new government grants to help them prepare for the loosening of travel restrictions. (Jennifer Blyth photo)

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Author of “JAJ: A Haida Manga” Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas is shown along with the cover of the book in this combination handout image. (Karolina Turek, Douglas & McIntyre photo)

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