Category Archives: Alberta

Device left in front of Medicine Hat financial institution not an explosive
MEDICINE HAT - A suspicious item left in front of a financial institution led to a lenghty street closure in Medicine Hat’s Crescent Heights neighbourhood Thursday, Oct. 26. The item was found o...
Oct 27, 2017

Amazon to set up distribution centre in Calgary - creating 750 jobs
CALGARY – In Amazon parlance, it’s a “fulfilment centre” – or, a distribution hub where online orders are packed and shipped to customers. The company is partnering with ...
Oct 26, 2017

Highway-22 re-opened after evacuation for some areas of MD of Ranchland
LETHBRIDGE – ***Up-Date — Fire crews from across southern Alberta continue to battle the wildfire in the MD of Ranchland, which remains out of control. However, conditions have improved. H...
Oct 25, 2017

Red Deer company urging ankle bracelets for monitoring repeat offenders
RED DEER – The push is on to bring back ankle bracelets for monitoring repeat offenders in our city. Vince Morelli, President of Red Deer-based SafeTracks GPS, which provided tech at key points ...
Oct 25, 2017

WestJet flight makes unscheduled landing due to unruly, drunk passenger
FORT MCMURRAY - RCMP in the northern Alberta detachment of Wood Buffalo say a WestJet flight made an unscheduled landing in Fort McMurray earlier this week due to an unruly drunk. Cpl. Teri-Ann Deobal...
Oct 24, 2017

Former CTV news anchor charged in bank robberies appears in Medicine Hat court
MEDICINE HAT – Steve Vogelsang made his first court appearance Tuesday morning in Provincial Court. The former CTV news anchor and Red River College instructor was dressed in blue prison garb an...
Oct 24, 2017

Alberta Education filling a hole in the teaching of Indigenous history
CALGARY – Alberta Education is providing teachers with lesson plans to bring First Nations, Mtis and Inuit history to life in classrooms. The action stems form a Government announcement in June ...
Oct 24, 2017

RCMP investigating fatal rollover near Taber
TABER - Taber/Vauxhall RCMP are investigating a single vehicle rollover last night (Oct. 23) that claimed the life of a 37-year-old Taber woman. Police responded to the scene east of Taber on Township...
Oct 24, 2017

Holocaust survivor brings history to life for Kate Andrews students
COALDALE – The images displayed on the projector screen were disturbing, and first-hand accounts of the horrors of Nazi death camps brought tears to the eyes of more than one audience member. Wh...
Oct 24, 2017

Weekend fire destroys home in Granum
GRANUM – A two-storey house was reduced to a pile of charred rubble in a weekend house fire. RCMP said the call came in just after 1 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, bringing them to a fire in Granum, no...
Oct 23, 2017