Tag Archives: Paramedics/Fire
Wildfire hazard set at moderate in GP region prior to long weekend
The wildfire danger in the Grande Prairie Forest Management area is listed as Moderate going into the long weekend.Since the start of wildfire season on March 1st, there have been eight wildfires in t...
May 18, 2022
Fire causes damage to Ivy Lake neighbourhood home
No injuries were reported after a fire heavily damaged a home in the Ivy Lake neighbourhood early Tuesday morning.City fire crews were called to the scene just before 2:00 a.m. and arrived to see smok...
Jan 25, 2022
UPDATE: Wildfire burning south of Grande Prairie now under control
UPDATE: The wildfire burning south of Grande Prairie in the Teddy Lane area east of Highway 40 is now considered as under control, according to Alberta Wildfire, at 0.5 of a hectare in size.----------...
Aug 14, 2021
Tree planter killed in an apparent bear attack north of Swan Hills
RCMP say a 26-year-old tree planter has died after being attacked by a bear.Spokesman Cpl. Troy Savinkoff says police were called on Saturday afternoon about the attack, which he says happened in a re...
Aug 03, 2021
Fire destroys Catholic Church in Morinville
MORINVILLE, Alta. - A Catholic Church in northern Alberta has been destroyed by what RCMP are calling a suspicious fire. RCMP say in a release that officers were called to the blaze at St. John Baptis...
Jun 30, 2021
Helicopter pilot battling wildfire dies in crash
The pilot of a helicopter helping to battle a wildfire west of Edmonton died Monday night when the chopper crashed. Evansburg RCMP received a 911 call shortly after 6:30 p.m. that an aircraft involved...
Jun 29, 2021
Worker operating excavator killed at Syncrude mine site in northern Alberta
FORT MCMURRAY - Occupational Health and Safety says a Syncrude employee operating an excavator was killed Sunday at an oilsands mine in northern Alberta.Government spokeswoman Natasha McKenzie says it...
Jun 07, 2021
Three-wheel cycle rider killed in collision with pickup truck
EDMONTON - The RCMP say a person is dead after a three wheel cycle collided with a pickup truck Sunday evening just west of Edmonton.Police issued a release that says the incident occurred around 7;30...
Jun 07, 2021
Ten years later: Former Slave Lake mayor remembers wildfire that burned through town
Karina Pillay remembers everything about the wildfire. She remembers the chaos the day it hit. The fireballs falling around the town's government building. The traffic gridlock as flames blocked the r...
May 09, 2021
County crews respond to fire in portables at Whispering Ridge school
UPDATE 12:04 April 11: Peace Wapiti Public School Division says the fire, which is now extinguished, was contained to the Grade 1 and playschool modular classrooms at Whispering Ridge Community School...
Apr 11, 2021