Category Archives: Local News
2025 Alberta Indigenous Games kick off in Edmonton
The competition is heating up at the Alberta Indigenous Games this week. Every year, thousands of Indigenous youth from across the province descend on the Edmonton area to try new sports and sharpen t...
Aug 07, 2025
Fort McMurray schools get five portables to handle growing enrolment
Fort McMurray's public and Catholic schools are getting a total of five portables to cope with increasingly crowded classrooms in both divisions. The leadership of both school divisions both said in i...
Aug 06, 2025
Edmonton police release sketch of sexual assault suspect in Blatchford
The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) is seeking the public's help in identifying a suspect in a sexual assault. On July 2, at approximately 1:30 a.m., an adult female was trying to get an Uber ride home ...
Aug 06, 2025 Composite sketch of sexual assault suspect. Courtesy: EPS
Alberta introducing new measures to crack down on predatory tow trucking practices
New measures are coming to protect Albertans and penalize bad actors in the tow truck industry who use high pressure tactics to coerce drivers at collision scenes. Alberta's government has introduced ...
Aug 06, 2025 londondeposit / Depositphotos.com
Fire advisories in place for Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Slave Lake after new wildfire starts
Alberta Wildfire says there were 43 new wildfires detected between August 2 and August 5, most of which were in the Lac La Biche and Slave Lake areas. There are 64 wildfires currently burning across A...
Aug 06, 2025
Organ and tissue donations up for a third straight year according to AHS
Alberta has marked a record year for deceased organ and/or tissue donors in 2024 according to Alberta Health Services (AHS). Alberta's organ and tissue donation program, Give Life Alberta, reported a ...
Aug 06, 2025
Nine year old dies after being hit by pickup truck in Spruce Grove
A young girl in Alberta is dead after police say she was hit by a pickup truck while riding a skateboard. RCMP say they responded to an area of Spruce Grove where the nine-year-old was struck. They sa...
Aug 06, 2025
Royal Tyrrell Museum marks 40th anniversary with "pop-up" exhibits across Alberta
Alberta's premier dinosaur museum and paleontology lab is celebrating a major milestone in 2025, and a series of special events will take place across the province.The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleonto...
Aug 05, 2025
RCMP lay charges in assault at a daycare in Spruce Grove
Parkland RCMP have laid charges in connection with allegations of assault from staff on children at the Little Stars Daycare in Spruce Grove, with the investigation dating back to March. As a result o...
Aug 05, 2025
Confirmed case of measles prompts public alert to potential exposures in Grande Prairie
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is notifying the public of a person with confirmed measles in the north zone has been in a public setting while infectious. Individuals who were in the following location...
Aug 05, 2025
