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Evacuation alerts lifted for Widewater, Canyon Creek

An eight-hour evacuation alert for Canyon Creek and Widewater has been lifted. A nearby wildfire that started Monday was declared under control today. It burned a little over 15 hectares. An evacuatio...

Jun 19, 2019 Photo supplied by Alberta Agriculture and Forestry

Local farmers helping hungry people again this year

Some Peace Country farmers have gotten together again this year to help out hungry people around the world.The Bear Lake Growing Project has been around for several years.It will see the net proceeds ...

Jun 19, 2019 Photo by Jeanette Beyer from the Bear Lake Growing Project Facebook page

Kenney says it's time to act on Trans Mountain

EDMONTON, AB - Premier Jason Kenney is welcoming the federal government's approval of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion, however he notes it's now time for the government to act.Kenney responded t...

Jun 18, 2019 Photo: The Canadian Press

Speeder caught doing 200 km/h on Highway 43

Grande Prairie RCMP's Integrated Crime Unit says it recently caught someone going nearly twice the legal speed limit on Highway 43.A young person was clocked driving 200 kilometres per hour near Valle...

Jun 18, 2019 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Atikameg woman killed in van rollover Monday, driver charged

The driver of a van that was involved in an early morning single vehicle rollover northeast of High Prairie on Monday has been charged, after one of the van's passengers was killed in the crash.High P...

Jun 18, 2019

High Level residents warned to get ready to evacuate again, 8 hr alert in effect in Slave Lake area

Residents of High Level are being told once again to be ready to leave the Alberta community due to a wildfire.The town says residents aren't required to leave at the moment, but should gather documen...

Jun 18, 2019

Users asked to follow rules after closure at Beaverlodge pool

People at the Beaverlodge Recreation Centre say they want pool users to follow the rules to prevent further closures.The pool was recently closed for two weeks for cleaning after high levels of a bact...

Jun 18, 2019 Photo from the Beaverlodge Recreation Centre Facebook page.

Suspects arrested after shooting incident during Raptors celebration

TORONTO - Frantic Raptors fans bolted from a square in downtown Toronto after police said they were investigating shots fired at a massive rally celebrating the team's historic NBA championship win.Th...

Jun 17, 2019

Indian Cabins under evacuation order, residents must travel to Northwest Territories

Residents of Mackenzie County in the area of Indian Cabins have been put under a mandatory evacuation order.The order was brought into effect at 10:55 a.m. today and residents are told to drive north ...

Jun 17, 2019 Photo: Facebook / Alberta Wildfire

Two winning 6/49 tickets sold in Alberta

Two Albertans could be richer than they think.Saturday's $29,801,647 Lotto 6/49 jackpot was won by a pair of tickets in Alberta. One ticket which was purchased in Edmonton and the other somewhere in A...

Jun 17, 2019