-Smoky Lake RCMP are investigating, but believe a deadly collision on Highway 28 this morning was the result of impaired driving.
They say an SUV ran a stop sign at Range Road 130 and collided with a car.
A 39-year old Cold Lake woman driving the car died at the scene, while a 36-year old man from Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan died later in the hospital.
Mounties say the person who’d been driving the SUV is currently in the hospital in life-threatening condition, while others who’d been in the vehicle wound up with a range of injuries.

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-Boyle RCMP are working to determine the cause of a crash on Highway 63 north yesterday afternoon.
It happened at Township Road 712, when a car hit the back of a semi.
The woman driving the car died at the scene, while the truck driver was treated for minor injuries.

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-Police are hoping someone might have footage, following the suspicious death of a man in north-central Edmonton yesterday morning.
They found the badly injured victim at 127th Avenue and 118th Street around 3:30am.
He was sent to the hospital, but died from his injuries.
Police are asking people to check their home security systems.

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-4-H Canada has been forced to carry out an “organizational reset”, following a major cut in funding from Ag-Canada.
Interim CEO Hugh Maynard says they were forced to lay off seven staff members as a result of a 35-percent chop.
So far it hasn’t affected programming, but he says it will eventually.
He also says it may not long before they may be forced to reduce communications and complimentary programming.
He says they’re going to look at ways to expand partnerships in both the private and public sector, to keep forging ahead.

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-Strathcona County is hosting the International Association of Firefighters this week.
They’re getting even more specialized training in fighting wildfires that burn where communities meet grasslands and forests, since those regions need a different approach and tools than blazes in cities.

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-The city of Edmonton tossed a bunch of property tax notices in the mail this week.
An average home worth about 428-thousand dollars is going to pay more than 43-hundred dollars, after the city decided to hike property taxes by 8.9-percent.
They’re due at the end of June, but many residents opt for payment plans.

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-St. Albert’s Downtown Business Association is hoping something will be done to fill commercial properties in that city’s core.
Officials with the group don’t want to go the same route as many other communities that have set up vacancy taxes, which kick in when buildings are boarded up for too long.
The vacancy rate for commercial buildings and office space in downtown St. Albert is about 7.44-percent right now.

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-There’s been a lot of talk lately about setting up a transitional housing facility for young people in St. Albert.
The idea is already in Phase 2, where the city is going to look at a number of proposals.
Transitional housing would provide homeless young people with a place to stay while they’re set up with social supports, as they try to get into more permanent housing.

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-Probably not a big surprise given the cost of everything, but a new report says more and more Canadians are only making a minimum payment on their credit cards these days.
Trans-Union Canada says millenials have the biggest share of the overall debt, but Gen Z saw their credit card and personal loan balances jump by about 30-percent since last year.

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-When the Oilers burst out of the chute in the first period last night, it really looked like they were intent on winning.
Zach Hyman and Connor McDavid even had them leading 2-nothing going into the second..
But for some reason, the wheels fell off, and the Stars came from behind to win the game 5-3.
So the Stars are now leading the Western Conference Final 2-games to 1 and Game 4 is tomorrow night at Rogers Place.

-Jays beat the WhiteSox 5-1 yesterday.

TODAY/TONIGHT:

-The Eastern Conference Final continues this evening, as the Rangers are leading the Panthers 2-1 in that series. Puck drops at 6.

-Jays have another game against the White Sox at 5:40pm.