Category Archives: Local News

Red Deer RCMP charge father of injured child with aggravated assault
A 27 year old Red Deer father is facing charges after his young child was badly injured. RCMP said on Tuesday that police were notified by Child and Family Services that a child was in h...
Digital News Jul 02, 2024

Alberta senior charged after teen shot, wounded on his rural property
An elderly man from Alberta is in custody facing assault and weapons charges after a teen was shot on his rural property over the weekend. RCMP Cpl. Troy Savinkoff said two boys, aged 15 and 16...
Digital News Jul 02, 2024

La Crete Man dead after falling from equipment during Canada Day parade
RCMP say Canada Day celebrations led to tragedy in a small northern Alberta community. Mounties say a 45-year-old man was fatally injured during Monday's parade in La Crete. They say the man fr...
Digital News Jul 02, 2024

City of Grande Prairie starting 2024 Sidewalk Rehabilitation
The City of Grande Prairie is starting their annual Sidewalk Rehabiliation Program on July 2. This year they are focusing on upgrading sidewalks to meet modern standards, targeting residential streets...
Brooklin Brittain Jul 02, 2024

Fire at gas metering station sparks grass fire that shut down highway West of Edmonton
Yellowhead County in northern Alberta says a fire that prompted the closure of a major highway west of Edmonton involved a gas metering station. The county says in a news release that its firef...
Digital News Jul 01, 2024

Oilers sign winger Viktor Arvidsson to two-year contract, extend Perry, Brown
The Edmonton Oilers signed forward Viktor Arvidsson to a two-year, US$4-million contract and also extended the contracts of forwards Corey Perry and Connor Brown by one year. Arvidsson spent th...
Digital News Jul 01, 2024 Los Angeles Kings' Viktor Arvidsson (33) and Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid (97) battle for the puck during NHL playoff action in Edmonton on Wednesday April 24, 2024.The Oilers have signed forward Arvidsson to a two-year, US$4-million contract and also extended Connor Brown's contract one year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

'A lot of angry people': Cancelled WestJet flights hit 100,000 travellers amid strike
WestJet flight cancellations grew to over 800 Sunday afternoon, upending plans for close to 100,000 passengers as an unexpected strike by plane mechanics entered its third day on the busiest tr...
Digital News Jun 30, 2024

Red Deer RCMP arrest suspect in transit bus stabbing
On the evening of June 27, Red Deer RCMP officers responded to a 911 call reporting a stabbing incident on a city transit bus. Police responded immediately to the Clearview Meadows area of Red Deer. R...
Digital News Jun 29, 2024

Charges pending after truck hits family in crosswalk and three year old boy killed
A three year old is dead following a fatal pedestrian collision that occurred in south Edmonton. At approximately 5:08 p.m. on Thursday June 27, 2024, Southwest Branch patrol officers responded to a c...
Jun 28, 2024

Innisfail RCMP are investigating a pair of break and enters
Mounties out of Innisfail, Alta., are investigating after a pair of break-ins early Tuesday morning. In the early morning hours of June 25, police received multiple reports of break-ins at locations i...
Digital News Jun 27, 2024










