Category Archives: Alberta

OTTAWA — The federal government has announced it will contribute $3.3 million dollars to make Alberta railways safer. The funds will be used to build barriers to prevent trespassing, and install...

MONTREAL — It now costs more for passengers to check their bags for Air Canada and WestJet flights. The airlines are raising the fee for the first checked bag by five-dollars to 30-dollars and b...

LETHBRIDGE - The search for a 23-year-old Lethbridge man who had been missing for more than two weeks has ended, with Pincher Creek RCMP reporting that Samson Mandefro's body has been recovered in Wat...

WATERTON LAKES NP — Alberta Emergecny Alert reports the evacuation Alert for Waterton Lakes National Park has been lifted, after the boundary creek fire received 20mm of precipitation. The fire ...

WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK - The wildfire that prompted an evacuation alert for Waterton Lakes National Park Thursday, Aug. 23 is on the United States side of the border, Parks Canada said Friday. D...

WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK - A wildfire south of the Waterton townsite has prompted an evacuation alert to be ordered for the entire national park. Parks Canada said the fire is in the Boundary Cree...

CLARESHOLM - While much of the recent focus has been on the pending legalization of recreational cannabis, a new producer of the medical variety hopes to help meet the surging demand from a plant at C...

BLOOD RESERVE - The grass fire on the Blood Reserve has been contained. Blood Tribe Police say it was thanks to a very quick response from nearby civilians with heavy equipment and local fire crews. T...

PINCHER CREEK - The Sage Creek fire in the southeast corner of British Columbia is now listed as "held." That's good news for people in the Castle Mountain area who were under an evacuation alert. Tha...

BANFF, Alta. - Parks Canada says a second bison bull that wandered out of Banff National Park has been captured and relocated to a paddock in southern Alberta, unlike the first that had to be destroye...