Category Archives: Alberta

LETHBRIDGE – They came by the truck and busload, from Medicine Hat, Brooks and Lethbridge, braving extremely cold temperatures and several feet of snow, to attend a meeting in Bellevue hosted by...

PINCHER CREEK – One man is in custody with charges pending, following a standoff with police in Pincher Creek that lasted nearly eight hours, and forced the RCMP to bring in resources from acros...

COALDALE – The town of Coaldale has promoted from within for its new fire chief. Kevin McKeown, a lieutenant with Coaldale and District Emergency Services (CDES) since June 2015, has moved into ...

UPDATE 6:30 a.m.: Brocket School is closed, with no buses running on the Piikani Nation. UPDATE 6:10 a.m.: Westwind School Division has cancelled classes only for Mountain View, Spring Glen Elementary...

WINNIPEG – A schizophrenic man who beheaded and cannibalized a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus could know later this week whether he will be granted his freedom. Manitoba’s Criminal Co...

VAUXHALL – The public’s help is need to identify a suspect in theft. RCMP were notified that around 8:00 on the evening of Monday, January 23rd, a male suspect was at the rear of the Vauxh...

CANADA – Police dogs have now joined the RCMP’s critical fight against fentanyl. The training program started in Innisfail, Alberta in April of 2016. Three of the initial dog teams have al...

CROWSNEST PASS – “Truthfully, we haven’t seen a snowfall like this in a very long time.” Blair Painter, mayor of Crowsnest Pass, said the snowstorm that hit southern Alberta th...

OTTAWA – A blunt warning this morning from the head of the government’s economic growth advisory council. Dominic Barton told a universities conference that about 40 per cent of existing C...

STANDOFF – A 39-year-old man faces several drug- and weapons-related charges, after a search and seizure at a Standoff home. Blood Tribe Police served a search warrant Saturday, Feb. 4 and found...