Paramedics/Fire

Tri-Council working to ratify new fire services agreement

In September 2018, the Town of Rocky Mountain House, Clearwater County and the Village of Caroline held a Tri-Council Meeting to re-endorse the Stronger Together agreement and begin the discussion of ...

Feb 05, 2020

Two injured in head-on crash northeast of Rocky

Two people were taken to hospital in Edmonton following a crash Monday night east of Rocky Mountain House.It was just before 7 p.m. when Clearwater Regional Fire Rescue was called to a motor vehicle i...

Feb 04, 2020

Alberta firefighters want input on National Building Code review

Alberta's professional fire fighters are urging the province to hit the pause button on allowing 12-storey wood frame structures, at least until the current National Building Code review is done.Brad ...

Jan 30, 2020

Woman charged for fatal pedestrian crash at O’Chiese First Nation

Charges are pending against a 22-year-old woman following the death of a teenage girl who was struck by a vehicle on the O'Chiese First Nation.It was just before 6 a.m. Saturday when Rocky Mountain Ho...

Jan 28, 2020

Crews battle mobile home fire in Penhold

About $40,000 in damage resulted from a fire at a mobile home in Penhold on Friday. Firefighters responded to the residence in Penhold Estates at about 2 p.m. "Engine 1 arrived on scene to find heavy ...

Jan 25, 2020 (Photo: Jim Pendergast)

Fatal crash on Highway 11 west of Red Deer

A 27-year-old man from Red Deer is dead following a crash between a semi and a pickup truck along west of the city Thursday morning.Red Deer Emergency Services (RDES) Duty Chief Matt White says crews ...

Jan 23, 2020

Semi driver dead after crashing into stopped tow truck south of Red Deer

One man is dead following a collision late Wednesday night south of Red Deer in which a semi plowed into the back of a stopped tow truck.It was just after 11 p.m. when Innisfail and Blackfalds RCMP re...

Jan 23, 2020 (Photo submitted)

STARS launches annual fundraising Lottery

Calgary-area resident Stu Wilson says he wouldn't be here today if STARS Air Ambulance wasn't there for him in August of 1997."I certainly was a critical injury patient," he recalls. "I was returning ...

Jan 16, 2020 The 2020 STARS Lottery Dream Home in Lethbridge (Photo: Lethbridge News Now)

Gas leak at community health centre under investigation

Investigators are looking into the cause of a gas leak at the Bremner Avenue Community Health Centre Thursday morning.Red Deer Emergency Services Platoon Chief Chuck Ruether says crews responded short...

Jan 16, 2020 (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)

Four killed, six injured in highway crash in southern Alberta

VAUXHALL, AB - Taber RCMP say four people have died as a result of a two vehicle crash on Highway 36.Mounties say a pick up truck heading south collided with a northbound van on Highway 36, south of H...

Jan 10, 2020