Category Archives: Alberta
Northern Alberta Mounties charge tractor driver with impaired driving
A drunken rip on a tractor has landed a northern Alberta man in hot water. It was at about 6:00 p.m. Sunday that Boyle RCMP responded to a complaint of a male on a tractor causing property damage to a...
Jul 31, 2018
Police have suspect in custody after three found dead in two Calgary homes
Calgary police have a suspect in custody after finding three people dead at two different homes across the city. Police were called at about 11 a.m. Tuesday to check the homes in the city’s sout...
Jul 31, 2018
Police watchdog investigates in-custody death in St. Paul
ST. PAUL – Alberta’s police watchdog is investigating the death of a man who fought with officers in an east-central Alberta town. St. Paul RCMP received a complaint that a man was breakin...
Jul 31, 2018
Province appoints five judges, still seeking to fill prosecutor slots
EDMONTON – Alberta’s justice minister says the government has hired five new provincial court judges and is continuing work to get new Crown prosecutors in place. Kathleen Ganley says four...
Jul 31, 2018
Cigarette causes multi-million dollar Edmonton apartment fire
EDMONTON- Fire officials say an apartment building fire that caused 14-million dollars in damage was caused by a smoker. Edmonton Fire Rescue Services says all residents of the 90-unit building got ou...
Jul 31, 2018
Fatal southern Alberta plane crash
BLACK DIAMOND- RCMP say they are working with the Transportation Safety Board to investigate a plane crash that left one person dead and another injured. The plane crashed in a field near Black Diamon...
Jul 31, 2018
Train derails after missing curve south of Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE COUNTY - A train went off the rails south of Lethbridge Monday afternoon after it reportedly missed a curve. The 10 CP Rail cars that derailed were carrying canola. The Transportation Safet...
Jul 31, 2018
House fire claims two lives in Village of Warner
WARNER — Milk River RCMP and the Warner Fire Department were called to a house fire in Warner about 10:00-pm Sunday (July 29) night. The bodies of an adult man and woman were found inside the ho...
Jul 31, 2018
Notice issued to contractor for Grande Prairie Regional Hospital build
The Alberta government has issued a Notice of Default to the construction management firm in charge of building the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital. Graham Construction has 15 days to submit a plan t...
Jul 30, 2018
Busy weekend for Edmonton and area firefighters
EDMONTON- Firefighters in and around Edmonton were kept busy in sweltering heat yesterday fighting fires that damaged or destroyed a number of homes. Two houses went up in flames and a third was damag...
Jul 30, 2018