Alberta News

After the horrible devastation in Jasper, people in Saskatchewan and Alberta have come together to help the beleaguered residents of the iconic, picturesque town in Jasper National Park. Harvard Media and its radio and digital outlets in two provinces teamed up with other radio stations to promote the website albertadayofcaring.com. People in Alberta and Saskatchewan […]

The devastation in Jasper and the surrounding area is incredible. An area that thrives on tourism, especially in the summer is now faced with the long prospect of recovery, and rebuilding. On Wednesday, radio stations in both Alberta and Saskatchewan will be staging a “Day of Caring” for Jasper, where people will be asked to […]

Wood Buffalo RCMP made an arrest in a shooting that took place on the Chipewyan Prairie First Nation.  Officers responded to the scene just after midnight Wednesday morning after a complaint of a man shooting a firearm towards a home on the First Nation.  Police Dog Services and the RCMP Emergency Response Team assisted with […]

Reaction continues to pour in after the Alberta government’s newly-proposed “Parental Rights” policies were announced on Thursday.  Former Deputy Premier Thomas Lukaszuk says parents will actually have less rights if these policies come into effect.  He called the proposed policies unprecedented.  “It’s not only unprecedented in Alberta or in Canada, but frankly, we probably now […]

A major drug bust in Fort McMurray has led to one suspect facing a total of 25 charges.  The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team, with the help of Wood Buffalo RCMP, executed a search warrant on Jan. 18 that led to the seizure of more than half a kilogram of cocaine, 40 illicit prescription pills, […]

The weight limits to the Fort Chipewyan Winter Road are being reduced to 5,000 kilograms during the day starting on Saturday.  This is in large part due to the warm weather moving in for the next few days. Heavy vehicles up to 27,500 kilograms can still use the winter road from 9:00 PM until 9:00 […]

More than 1,200 impaired drivers were pulled from the roads in Alberta in 2023 by the Sheriff Highway Patrol.  This brings the total of impaired drivers caught by the Sheriffs to nearly 4,000 since they were given authority to investigate those offences.  Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services Mike Ellis says in a statement […]

Over 22-thousand dollars was raised by Prestige Jewellers to help out the family of six-year-old Kaia, who remains in a coma in Edmonton.  Prestige Jewelers ran a raffle to help raise the funds for the family.  General Manager Mohamed Tarrabin said there was a lot of demand from the community that led to this raffle.  […]

Wood Buffalo RCMP are on the lookout for two suspects related to a suspected theft of credit cards from last November.  The credit cards were stolen from parked vehicles in the Fort McMurray area between November 11 and 13, and were then used to make purchases in excess of $2,000 from a number of convenience […]