Category Archives: Local News
Alberta Food Banks See Surge in Demand as Thanksgiving Approaches
With Thanksgiving fast approaching, Food banks across the province are facing all-time highs in demand for donations as numbers are continuing to rise within Edmonton and Calgary. The rising ne...
Oct 02, 2024
Charges stayed against man accused of machete attack
A man who was accused of attacking four people with a machete in Edmonton last year has had his charges stayed. Emergency crews attended a disturbance call on Edmonton's northside, on 118 avenue and 3...
Oct 02, 2024
Blackfalds FCSS Set to Host Annual Community Warmth Fundraiser
Blackfalds FCSS is excited to once again host their annual Community Warmth Fundraiser at the Blackfalds Community Centre in support of the Clothes for Kids Program to ensure many kids are warm for th...
Oct 02, 2024 Blackfalds FCSS Community Warmth Fundraiser Winter Coats (Photo Submitted)
Alberta government decides not to allow liquor to be sold in grocery and convenience stores
Alberta will not allow the sale of liquor in grocery and convenience stores. The decision was based on a recommendation from an MLA advisory group tasked with exploring the possible impacts that could...
Oct 02, 2024
Bonnyville Friendship Centre Set to Host MMEIP & Stolen Children Gathering
The Bonnyville Friendship Centre is set to host their annual Honoring the MMEIP and Stolen Children gathering on October 4th at the Bonnyville Centennial Centre. Janet Gobert, Chief executive d...
Oct 02, 2024 MMEIP and Stolen Children gathering at the Bonnyville Centennial Centre (Photo Credits - Daniel Barker-Tremblay)
Annual Sisters in Spirit Walks taking place across Alberta
Albertans are invited and encouraged to attend their local Sisters in Spirit Vigil across different communities in the province. Created in 2007, the Stolen Sisters Awareness Walk was the first walk o...
Oct 02, 2024
Access to Loon Lake being upgraded
A northern First Nation is paving its access road and replacing the bridge in the middle of the community. Loon River First Nation is 421 km north of Edmonton in northern Alberta. Until recently, peop...
Oct 02, 2024
Grande Prairie Mounties investigate hit and run
Mounties in Grande Prairie are asking for your help to find a suspect allegedly involved in an early morning hit and run. Police report that on September 28th at around six in the morning, a stolen bl...
Oct 02, 2024
Hinton man drowns on Athabasca River
A kayak that tipped on the Athabasca River near Hinton on Saturday, September 28 ended the life of a Hinton man. The Hinton RCMP and Yellowhead Fire Department responded just before noon, but the 49 y...
Oct 02, 2024
RCMP helicopter rescues stranded trapper in Northern Alberta
Mounties in northeastern Alberta say they used a helicopter to rescue a stranded trapper on the weekend. They say they got a report Sunday that the hunter's all-terrain vehicle overturned and b...
Oct 02, 2024 1 / 2 A Fort McKay man was rescued by the RCMP after his argo overturned in an area between Mariana Lake and Wandering River Sept. 29. (Submitted by Alberta RCMP)
