Category Archives: Local News
Reception Centres open up in Grande Prairie and Edmonton
Jasper National Park residents and tourists were notified with an evacuation order late Monday night due to the ongoing wildfires in the region. Originally, evacuees were told to take highway 16 towar...
Jul 23, 2024
Officials provide update on latest wildfires across Alberta
With more hot and dry weather sweeps over the province, crews are asking all Albertans to remain vigilant this summer. There are currently 167 active wildfires in Alberta with 54 deemed "out of contro...
Jul 23, 2024
$80,000 in electronic devices stolen from Cold Lake Staples
RCMP have charged two people after they stole $80,000 in electronics at a Cold Lake Staples. A 38 year old local man and a 28 year old Edmonton resident will face charges following the incident. On Ap...
Jul 23, 2024
Evacuation order issued for Jasper National Park
Multiple wildfires in Jasper National Park all heated up late Monday night, forcing park visitors along with 4,700 residents of the Jasper townsite to leave with very little notice. Evacuees were told...
Jul 23, 2024
Man charged with break-and-enter and arson on Chipewyan Prairie First Nation
Police in the Chipewyan Prairie First Nation have accused a man of breaking into a home and starting fires, after nearby wildfires caused the First Nation to prompt an evacaution. Wood Buffalo RCMP sa...
Jul 22, 2024
Dozens forced from northern Alberta community after fire threatens key road
Dozens of residents of a northern Alberta hamlet were out of their homes Friday as a wildfire threatened their community. The province said 89 residents of Chipewyan Lake registered at a...
Jul 20, 2024
Alberta town takes action fighting crime, addressing homelessness, addictions issues
In Cold Lake, Alta., drivers leaning through windows at the McDonald's drive-thru have been ambushed by people running by and snatching food right out of their hands. At the Tim Hortons,...
Jul 20, 2024 Leona Heisler poses for a photo in Cold Lake, Alta., on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fakiha Baig
St. Albert stabbing suspect in custody
A man wanted in the stabbing of two teenage girls is in police custody. On Saturday morning, St. Albert RCMP said 28 year old Kaj Randall was arrested in Edmonton with the help of EPS. Randall ...
Jul 19, 2024
2 missing people lost in Smoky River, search and rescue underway
Two people are missing Friday morning, 12 hours after they were lost in Smoky River. Around 10 p.m. Thursday night, McLennan RCMP were informed that two people had been caught in the river's current. ...
Jul 19, 2024
Global tech outage effects air travel and emergency service lines
Earlier on the morning of July 19, many hospitals, banks, flights and lines of communication were disrupted as an update to cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. In the cities of Edmonton and Calgary both h...
Jul 19, 2024 gluber / Depositphotos.com
