Category Archives: Local News

Missing B.C. girl, 13, believed to be travelling to Alberta
British Columbia RCMP are asking for help from people in Alberta in the search for a missing 13-year-old girl. Haillie Gallant suddenly left her home in Houston, B.C., late Thursday with her bi...
Digital News Feb 18, 2024

2024 Alberta Winter Games opening ceremonies in Grande Prairie
Thousands of youth from Alberta have gathered in Treaty 8 territory for the 2024 Alberta Winter Games. From swimming to alpine skiing, athletes and viewers alike will be able to take par...
Digital News Feb 16, 2024

2 arctic wolves arrive in Edmonton from France
The Edmonton Valley Zoo has welcomed two new female arctic wolves to their pack. The unnamed pair came from the Parc Zoologique CERZA in Hermival-les-Vaux, France. Zoo officials have spe...
Brooklin Brittain Feb 16, 2024

Alberta Winter Games features Indigenous events in Grande Prairie
The 2024 Alberta Winter Games has arrived in the city of Grande Prairie. Warren Nekurak, Indigenous Relations advisor for the City of Grande Prairie spoke with Windspeaker Radio Network ...
Feb 16, 2024 Indigenous Relations Advisor Warren Nekurak and Alberta Winter Games Volunteers gathered together inside the Teresa Sargent Hall (Photo Credits - Daniel Barker-Tremblay)

Beaumont Music Festival unveils 2024 lineup with mostly female acts
The Beaumont Music Festival, formally known as the Beaumont Blues and Roots Music Festival, held a launch event in downtown Edmonton for the release of their new rebranding and lineup for the 2...
Feb 16, 2024 Olivia Street from King of Foxes performing at the Beaumont Music Festival's launch event. Photo by Ryan Hunt.

Indigenous-led houseless shelters growing in Edmonton
Shelter spaces in Edmonton for houseless people have grown since the City of Edmonton declared a housing and houselessness emergency on Jan.15th. Existing shelters expanded their spaces and new ones p...
Feb 15, 2024 The Edmonton skyline. Photo by Ryan Hunt.

Red Deer Chamber looking for responses to recent homelessness report
The Red Deer & District Chamber of Commerce Task Force on Homelessness feedback form is set to close later this week. Red Deerians have until Feb. 16 to provide a response to the chamber's ...
Digital News Feb 14, 2024

O'Chiese suspect charged in alleged shooting scheduled for sentencing
A sentencing date has been set for one of two men charged in a series of shootings on the O'Chiese First Nation nearly three years ago. 31 year old Keith Beaverbones of the O'Chiese Firs...
Digital News Feb 14, 2024

Fairview emergency room will be without doctor until February 17th
The Fairview hospital emergency department will have no doctor coverage from Feb. 15, and from 7:00 a.m. on Feb. 16 to 7:00 a.m. on Feb. 17. Nurses will remain on site to provide any emergency assessm...
Digital News Feb 14, 2024

Vehicle theft cases on the rise in Edmonton
The Edmonton Police Service have noticed an increase in vehicle thefts. According to EPS, the number of auto thefts have climbed 26 per cent over the past three years. In 2021, EPS dealt with 3...
Digital News Feb 14, 2024










