Category Archives: Local News
Cochrane RCMP arrest and charge male with home made firearm
On Apr. 4, 2025, Cochrane RCMP responded to a report of a male with a firearm in the area of Cochrane. Cochrane RCMP officers made immediate patrols, quickly locating the male. A home made firearm was...
Apr 07, 2025
Fire-torn Jasper prepares for diminished summer tourism season
Every summer for 61 years, tourists have piled onto Jasper's SkyTram to see the boomerang-shaped town nestled inside the sprawling Rocky Mountains. It'll happen again this summer, but the view will be...
Apr 05, 2025 Police and Park rangers wait for residents at the park gates on the first day residents are able to visit their Jasper, Alta., properties on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. Every summer for 61 years, tourists have piled onto Jasper’s SkyTram to see the town nestled inside the sprawling Rocky Mountains. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
Grand opening for new Zebra Centre facility in Edmonton
The Zebra Child and Youth Advocacy Centre is celebrating the grand opening of their new 30,000-square-foot building in Edmonton. The Centre supports child victims of abuse and their families, offering...
Apr 05, 2025
278 Teams Compete in 30th Annual Native Hockey Provincial Championships
The puck has dropped on one of the most highly anticipated events in Indigenous sport, as the 2025 Native Hockey Alberta Provincial Championships officially kicked off on April 3 for the three-day tou...
Apr 04, 2025 Native Hockey Alberta Championships player from Enoch (Photo Credits - Daniel Barker-Tremblay)
St. Paul RCMP Arrests Suspect Following Drug Trafficking Investigation
St. Paul RCMP launched a drug trafficking investigation at a residence in Saddle Lake Cree First Nation on October 3, 2024. After five months, they obtained a search warrant and, on March 19, 2025, ex...
Apr 03, 2025 RCMP: file photo
United Nurses of Alberta members set for wage increase after agreeing to new deal
Thousands of Alberta nurses will be earning a higher wage and other benefits over the next four years after ratifying their collective agreement on Wednesday. Online voting on the new Provincial Colle...
Apr 03, 2025 Northern Lights Regional Health Centre in Fort McMurray. File photo.
RCMP investigating impaired driving after 2 people killed in crash near Edmonton
Wednesday night, just after 8:30 p.m. Leduc RCMP received a report of a 2-vehicle collision on Highway 21 at Township 502 in Leduc County. Upon arrival, both occupants of one of the vehicles, a Kia Fo...
Apr 03, 2025
Alberta budget commits $6.9M for expanded First Nations police detachment in Lesser Slave Lake area
The Alberta government is investing $6.9 million to expand the Lakeshore Regional Police Service detachment building which serves five First Nations communities in the Lesser Slave Lake area. The mone...
Apr 02, 2025 Lakeshore Regional Police Service officer, posted to social media on Jan 30, 2024. (Photo: Facebook/Lakeshore Regional Police Service)
Edmonton man charged in international child pornography investigation
The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) has charged an Edmonton man with child pornography charges in relation to Operation Stream, an international operation against child sexual exploitat...
Apr 02, 2025
Fort McMurray mobile home fire caused by mischievous puppy
A young German Shepherd caused a fire that damaged a Gregoire area mobile home on April 1. Fort McMurray firefighters were called out to the Grenoble Crescent home shortly after 5 p.m. The owner came ...
Apr 02, 2025
