Category Archives: Alberta
Firefighter taken to hospital following blaze in Cottonwood Park area
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Yet another large fire in the Lethbridge area.At approximately 1:15 am on Sunday, July 4, firefighters were called to the 2500 block of 60 Avenue West, the Cottonwood Park area.Three ...
Jul 04, 2021
Expanding Indigenous businesses in Alberta
Provincial officials have announced that Indigenous community-owned businesses can now apply for capital grants to create jobs and stimulate local economies.Aboriginal Business Investment Fund (ABIF) ...
Jul 02, 2021
Man from southern Alberta hamlet wins $1M in vaccine lottery
LANGDON, AB - The first grand prize draw is complete for Alberta's Open for Summer Vaccine Lottery.Hailing from Langdon, a hamlet just east of Calgary, Tracey McIvor is now one million dollars richer....
Jul 02, 2021
Wetaskiwin RCMP respond to drowning of female youth
RCMP are offering their sincerest condolences to the family, friends, and community of Wetaskiwin following the drowning death of a local youth on Canada Day. On July 1, shortly before 2:30 p.m., Weta...
Jul 02, 2021
'There's some anxiety': Alberta health minister and family swarmed on Canada Day
CALGARY - Protesters surrounded Alberta's health minister, his wife and two young sons Thursday at the conclusion of a Canada Day parade and a celebration of the lifting of most COVID-19 restrictions....
Jul 01, 2021
Alberta officially Open for Summer
Virtually all COVID-19 restrictions have now been lifted in Alberta as the province enters Stage 3 of the government's Open for Summer Plan.As of July 1, Albertans are now free to gather indoors and o...
Jul 01, 2021
Body of man found in septic tank in 1977 identified using genetic genealogy: RCMP
EDMONTON - RCMP say they have identified a man whose burned body was found in a septic tank on an abandoned Alberta farm 44 years ago. Staff Sgt. Jason Zazulak says the victim is Gordon (Gordie) Edwin...
Jun 30, 2021
Final figures from 2020-21 show Alberta with $17B deficit, over $5B in COVID-19 costs
EDMONTON - New figures show Alberta's fight against COVID-19 hit more than $5 billion by the end of the last fiscal year in March.The money went toward continuing care, hospitals, testing, vaccine dis...
Jun 30, 2021
High Level resident wins $1 million in June LOTTO MAX draw
High Level's David Fehr is $1 million richer after he scanned his LOTTO MAX ticket and discovered he had won a $1 million cash prize from the June 1 draw."I gave my ticket to the cashier and saw the p...
Jun 30, 2021
Fire destroys Catholic Church north of Edmonton, RCMP say blaze suspicious
MORINVILLE, Alta. - A Catholic Church in northern Alberta has been destroyed by what RCMP are calling a suspicious fire. RCMP say in a release that officers were called to the blaze at St. John Baptis...
Jun 30, 2021