Category Archives: Alberta

Man shot in leg during golf tournament near Grande Prairie
A man received a gunshot wound Saturday during a golf tournament south of Grande Prairie. At around 2:30 p.m. on August 25, RCMP were called to a report of a man that suffered a gunshot wound to his l...
Aug 27, 2018

One person killed, one injured, when explosion destroys Alberta home
SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. – A woman is dead and a man is in hospital after a house exploded southeast of Edmonton. RCMP say the home was destroyed when the blast happened Sunday afternoon in Strathco...
Aug 27, 2018

Edmonton woman charged in fatal hit-and-run
An Edmonton woman has been charged in the hit-and-run death of a 78-year-old man. Twenty-three-year-old Pritsma Singh is accused of leaving the scene of the accident and is facing both traffic safety ...
Aug 26, 2018

Alberta government looking to create guidelines to remediate contaminated fentanyl sites
The Alberta government is looking to create guidelines on how to remediate sites contaminated with the deadly street drug fentanyl. Alberta Health has posted a request for proposals for a contractor t...
Aug 25, 2018

Handful of Alberta drivers accused of using highways as speedways near Edmonton
Some Alberta drivers are heading to court accused of using highways outside of Edmonton as speedways. R-C-M-P say in one case a man on a Ducati Superbike was clocked doing 197 in a 100-kilometre zone ...
Aug 25, 2018

RCMP seize handguns and stolen vehicles at Wetaskiwin County chop-shop
A number of people from central Alberta are facing charges after RCMP recovered stolen vehicles and a pair of handguns at a rural chop-shop in Wetaskiwin County Thursday. The investigation began Augus...
Aug 24, 2018

Four women’s hockey players suing U of Lethbridge, two employees for harassment, negligence
LETHBRIDGE, AB – Four women are suing the University of Lethbridge, Sport and Recreation Services Executive Director Ken McInnes, and women's Pronghorns hockey coach Michelle Janus, in relation ...
Aug 24, 2018

Fire once again prompts evacuation alert for Waterton
WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK - A wildfire south of the Waterton townsite has prompted an evacuation alertto be ordered for the entire national park. Parks Canada said the fire is in the Boundary Creek...
Aug 24, 2018

Castor man, Saskatchewan couple killed in N.W.T. plane crash
The three passengers who died in a light plane crash at a remote Northwest Territories lake last Thursday have been identified. The N.W.T. coroner service said dead are 33-year-old Geoffrey Dean of Ca...
Aug 23, 2018

Medicine Hat residents voice concerns over safe consumption
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Concerns around a controversial topic have reached the Mayor's office. Residents and business owners have come forward, expressing their concerns over what a safe consumption site c...
Aug 23, 2018