Category Archives: Local News
Kikino Metis Settlement residents to shelter in place
On Tuesday afternoon, a shelter-in-place advisory was issued for Kikino Metis Settlement as RCMP tried to arrest an armed and dangerous man. Police have identified the man as 39 year old...
Jul 25, 2023
Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage cancelled due to extreme weather
Extreme weather conditions have caused the cancellation of a large annual gathering in Lac Ste. Anne. The Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton said that the extreme weather seen a day earlier, and advice ...
Jul 25, 2023
Pedestrian killed in highway crash near Lac La Biche
A pedestrian is dead after a highway crash in the Lac La Biche area. The RCMP were at the scene of the crash, on Highway 881 between Range Road 133 and Lakeland Drive, just after midnigh...
Jul 25, 2023
Missing Beaumont woman found dead
A missing Beaumont woman has been found dead. 40-year-old Treasa Oberly was reported missing last week after having last been seen on July 14 in the Beaumont area. RCMP confirmed on Monday even...
Jul 24, 2023
Wood Buffalo RCMP investigating six separate vehicle arsons in Janvier, Fort McMurray
Wood Buffalo RCMP is investigating six separate vehicle arsons that occurred in Janvier and Fort McMurray. The incidents occurred over a three-hour span on the night of July 16, 2023, and into ...
Jul 24, 2023
Motorcyclist dies in Sunday crash near Devon
A 20-year-old motorcyclist is dead after a Sunday crash on the Highway 60 North Saskatchewan River bridge. The Spruce Grove man was pronounced dead after Devon RCMP were called to the scene aro...
Jul 23, 2023
Athletes from across Canada form First National Indigenous Girls Football Team
A national Indigenous team is competing for the first time ever at the Canadian women's under-18 tackle football championships this week. The squad joins teams from Saskatchewan, New Brunswick,...
Jul 23, 2023
2027 North American Indigenous Games to be held in Calgary
More than 8,000 teen athletes and volunteers will descend on the Calgary area in 2027 when the city hosts the North American Indigenous Games. The bid to host the Indigenous Games was prepared ...
Jul 21, 2023
Kicking off the Alberta Summer Games after a 5 year hiatus
Approximately seven thousand young athletes will be arriving by the bus load to compete in the 2023 Alberta Summer Games which this year are hosted by the towns of Okotoks and Diamond Valley located 4...
Jul 21, 2023 Photo of final torch bearer approaching the brazier to officially start the games
Edmonton man wanted after restaurant bear spray attack
An Edmonton man is wanted in connection with a bear spraying incident in Lamont. On Thursday, a man wearing a gas mask entered a restaurant in the small community North East of Edmonton just after 11:...
Jul 21, 2023
