Category Archives: Local News
Charges pending in Sturgeon County wildfire sprinkler tampering
Charges are pending after a suspect was arrested for allegedly tampering with a sprinkler system set up to protect an area of homes affected with the wildfires east of Redwater. In a news relea...
May 12, 2025
Toddler Found Safe After Overnight Search in Rural Alberta
A two-year-old boy who went missing from a rural property in northern Alberta has been found safe, following an extensive overnight search involving RCMP officers, firefighters, and community voluntee...
May 12, 2025 EPS
AFN chief says talks of Alberta separation 'irresponsible,' points to treaties
The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says talk of Alberta separatism is 'irresponsible' and it's "not smart" for politicians to make statements about it without consulting with First Na...
May 12, 2025 AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse takes part in a panel during the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Alberta government announces indefinite freeze on industrial carbon price
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is freezing its industrial carbon price effective immediately at $95 per tonne of emissions. She says the move is critical to keep industry competiti...
May 12, 2025 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks with reporters before a meeting in Halifax, Monday, July 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Alberta will host 12 major sporting events over the next few months
Alberta will host 12 events across the province, with seven national and five international events being held before the end of summer. Alberta's government has committed more than $1.2 million in Maj...
May 12, 2025
Skydiving instructor dies following jump near Onoway
A skydiver has died in a accident west of Edmonton. RCMP were called to a township road near Onoway on Saturday morning, where a 56-year-old man from Edmonton suffered fatal injuries following a jump ...
May 12, 2025 waferboard / CC
Construction for Gasoline Alley roundabout expansion to begin May 21 in Red Deer County
Red Deer County will soon expand the roundabout on Leva Avenue and Laura Avenue in the north end of West Gasoline Alley.The work is scheduled to begin on May 21 and is expected to take approximately s...
May 11, 2025
Wildfire danger climbs across much of Alberta
As we head into the weekend, Alberta Wildfire is warning the public that the Wildfire danger is climbing across northeast Alberta. Conditions are very dry in the Fort McMurray Forest Area, where the r...
May 09, 2025
Handgun, drugs seized in rural Alberta arrest
A loaded handgun and a variety of drugs were seized after the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) arrested an alleged drug dealer in Wainwright, Alta. ALERT Lloydminster's organized crime t...
May 09, 2025
Sherwood Park man charged with possessing child sexual assault materials
In April, the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) Internet Child Exploitation Unit launched an investigation into a Sherwood Park resident who was believed to be in possession of child porn...
May 09, 2025
