A man convicted in a fatal fight on the Sunchild First Nation three years ago has been sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility of parole for 17 years.Evan Ernest Foureyes, 32, was sentenced in Red Deer Court of Queen's Bench on Jan. 14, after a jury previously found him guilty of second-degree murder, and kidna...

June 167:06 p.m. - Brazeau County - Bear Lake area - Complainant reporting trespassers on a rural property. Members attended, suspects gone. Under investigation9:47 p.m. - Brazeau County - Dam area - Complainant reported a suspicious truck around the campground. Plate numbers provided but none matched the truck as desc...

An emergency alert and evacuation order has been issued for some residents of Yellowhead County for a wildfire along Highway 16 between Evansburg and Wildwood. The alert was issued at around 6 p.m. Tuesday. Residents along Highway 16, west of Highway 22, up to Highway 16A, including the Lobsitck Resort Area, are to be ...

RED DEER - Albertans can receive their first dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine without an appointment at walk-in clinics in 13 communities across the Central Zone.Communities offering walk-in clinics include Red Deer, Olds, Ponoka, Rimbey and Drayton Valley, along with Camrose, Stettler, Sundre, Three Hills, Two Hills, ...

June 23 - Evansburg RCMP say William Laforge has been located safe and unharmed and would like to thank the media and the public for their assistance.

Drayton Valley RCMP are still asking for the public's help in locating a missing man. Mounties were notified on Monday by caregivers that 65-year-old Derek John Henningsmoen from the Drayton Valley area had not returned to his residence since approximately noon. Initial investigation indicated that Henningsmoen was las...

Breton RCMP say the investigation into a deadly house fire earlier this month near Buck Lake has determined the incident to be non-suspicious.It was about 11 a.m. on June 2 when first responders attended the blaze at a home in the area of Township Road 465 and Range Road 63. Upon entry to the property, RCMP officers wh...

Two men and one woman face a list of charges after being arrested near Breton on a number of outstanding warrants.The RCMP's Central Alberta District (CAD) RCMP Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) opened an investigation in an effort to focus on a number of subjects with outstanding matters related to property offences and crim...

Powerhouse Campus will be the name of the new replacement middle school being built in Drayton Valley. The campus will be shared by two middle schools, Drayton Christian School and H.W. Pickup Middle School. The name Powerhouse Campus was chosen as it was the original name of Drayton Valley, and it came up most frequen...

June 104:12 a.m. - Brazeau County - Hwy 621 - Report of a copper wire theft, members made patrols of the area but no suspects located.4:29 a.m. - Brazeau County - Twp Rd 495 - Report of a copper wire theft, members made patrols of the area but no suspects located.9:46 a.m. - Drayton Valley - Industrial Rd. - Report of ...

More patients with chronic kidney disease are now able to access dialysis at the Drayton Valley Hospital and Care Centre.According to officials with Alberta Health Services (AHS), the dialysis unit expanded its hours earlier this month and can now offer additional appointment times. Dialysis provided through the Albert...

Community advocates in the Rocky Mountain House area hope to boost awareness of advance care planning as the COVID-19 pandemic winds down.Michele King, founder of The Last Gift, an end of life doula service, says the pandemic has brought the subject of advance care planning to the forefront with many people getting sic...

A severe thunderstorm warning in effect this afternoon for Lacombe County near Eckville, as well as Clearwater County near Rocky Mountain House, Crimson Lake, Caroline and James River Bridge. Environment Canada says meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing very strong wind gusts, nickel to...

RCMP are hoping the public can help them locate a central Alberta man who's been missing for several months.Dale Robert Hallett, 68, was last seen at a family member's residence in Didsbury around Feb. 28. He is known to live a transient lifestyle, however Didsbury RCMP are concerned for his well-being and would like t...

A 48-year-old Red Deer area man has been arrested in Drayton Valley for parole violations and possessing various drugs for trafficking.It was on Wednesday that members of the Drayton Valley RCMP attended a local address looking for a male on an outstanding Canada-Wide arrest warrant.Mark Louis Pratt was arrested and af...

June 38:46 a.m. - Brazeau County - Twp Rd 494 - Complainant reported a gravel truck drove past a school bus while red lights flashing. Under investigation8:59 a.m. - Brazeau County - Violet Grove area - Complainant reported a fraud involving a mortgage. Under investigation9:17 a.m. - Drayton Valley - Greenwood - Member...

EDMONTON - Albertans can now receive their first dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine without an appointment at walk-in clinics in 20 communities across the province. Local communities offering walk-in clinics include Red Deer, Rocky Mountain House, Stettler and Drayton Valley.Other communities include Brooks, Calgary, Camr...

Mounties say a report of a man with a gun near a Drayton Valley school on Wednesday proved to be a false alarm. It was just before noon when police received a report of a male with a gun at St. Anthony School.Drayton Valley RCMP attended and upon further investigation it was learned that a youth had been carrying a bro...

The search for a missing swimmer on the McLeod River northeast of Edson has sadly, ended tragically.On the evening of June 6, Edson RCMP's search for a missing 32-year-old male swimmer that had been swept down the McLeod River (A.K.A Lost Creek) on June 2, resulted in locating him deceased approximately 3 km down the r...

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is investigating an officer-involved shooting west of Edmonton.It was minutes after noon Saturday when a west division patrol member with Edmonton Police Service was responding a recovered stolen vehicle and trailer call. It was said the suspects were still on scene at...

May 271:22 pm - Drayton Valley - 50 Avenue - Report of a suspicious vehicle in a parking lot. Police attended and identified the driver, there was nothing concerning noted.2:06 pm - Drayton Valley - 50 Street - 2 vehicle collision, no injuries.4:50 pm - Brazeau County - RR 83 - Report of an abandoned damaged trailer. P...

Two small children are dead after fire ripped through a residence near Buck Lake in the County of Wetaskiwin Wednesday morning.On June 2, at approximately 11:00 a.m., the RCMP Central Alberta District (CAD) Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) was conducting an unrelated investigation in the area of Buck Lake when the investigat...

Flags at Red Deer City Hall and other municipal facilities will fly at half-mast until further notice.The action comes in response to the discovery late last week of 215 bodies contained in a mass gravesite at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.Many municipalities and other orders of government have committed...

May 204:13 a.m. - Brazeau County - RgRd 73 - Report of a theft of copper wire Telus reports that approximately 200 meters of wire were stolen. Matter is still under investigation.5:00 a.m. - Drayton Valley - 49 Avenue - Request from EMS for RCMP to assist with a male drug over dose. Male was transported to the hospital...

A 21-year-old woman from Devon died following an ATV rollover over the long weekend. RCMP received a call of the rollover in the Brule sand dune area near Hinton on Friday.Hinton RCMP say it appears the woman was operating the ATV down a large incline and lost control, rolling the ATV. The woman involved in the crash w...

A pair of Drayton Valley residents are facing drug and weapons charges following police searches at two local residences last week. On May 14, after a lengthy investigation, Drayton Valley RCMP General Investigation Section (GIS), with the assistance of Drayton Valley RCMP, arrested two individuals and executed search ...

The Board of Trustees for Wild Rose School Division has approved the district's budget for the 2021-22 school year. The budget includes a deficit of about $2 million that will be covered through reserves, something district officials say is not sustainable long-term as reserves are typically used to fund one-time expen...

Ahh, Alberta. Summer-like weather followed by wet snow? It's a definite possibility as Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for a large part of the province. "Rain changing to wet snow will occur Tuesday night into Wednesday over central and northern Alberta," Environment Canada says. &qu...