Paramedics/Fire

City, county prepared for train derailments

Medicine Hat, AB - Major train derailments like the one earlier this week outside of Saskatoon are rare in southeastern Alberta.But they do happen.However, the city has been spared anything like the i...

Dec 13, 2019 File photo - Crews work at the scene of the Irvine train derailment in August.

CP Rail train derails near Lanigan, Sask., sparking fire that closes highway

LANIGAN, Canada - A Canadian Pacific freight train hauling crude derailed overnight sparking a fire that forced the closure of part of a major highway south of Humboldt, Sask. A release issued by the ...

Dec 09, 2019 ID 80526464 © Andrey Simonenko | Dreamstime.com

BREAKING - Multi-vehicle accident near Bassano

Bassano, AB - A two vehicle collision near Bassano has authorities warning travellers to expect delays.The collision is south of the Trans-Canada Highway and Hwy. 550 junction and is affecting both di...

Dec 05, 2019 Photo courtesy of Alberta 511 - Screen shot of road conditions near Bassano at 11 a.m. Thursday.

Ponoka slaughterhouse destroyed by fire

A Ponoka meat business suffered a devastating loss over the weekend as its slaughterhouse was destroyed by fire.Ponoka County Regional Fire Chief Dennis Jones says crews were dispatched the slaughterh...

Dec 03, 2019 (Photo supplied by Ponoka County Regional Fire Services)

Council votes 6-3 to ban the sale of fireworks within city limits

Medicine Hat, AB - Six months after first being brought up at city council, Medicine Hat now has a bylaw in place to ban the sale of fireworks within the city.The final reading went through Monday nig...

Dec 02, 2019 Canadian National Fireworks Association speaks to City Council on Monday (Photo by Colton McKee)

Multi vehicle collision on icy Highway-3

COALDALE -- Coaldale Fire and emergency services and RCMP had to deal with a stretch of highway carnage on Sunday (Dec 1). Not once, but twice.Shortly after 7:00-pm, a multi-vehicle collision near the...

Dec 02, 2019 Hwy-3 Crash - truck and cargo trailer destroyed - LNN

Fatal collision at Highway-3 and Coalhurst intersection

COALHURST -- Initial details are few as RCMP collision analysts continue to investigate a fatal collision at the Coalhurst intersection Monday (Nov 25) night.Emergency crews were called out just after...

Nov 26, 2019 Coalhurst collision fatal - Photo credit to Quinn Campbell, Global Lethbridge

One man dead following residential fire in Nobleford

Nobleford, AB - A 27-year-old man is dead after a house fire in Nobleford Saturday morning.Coaldale RCMP report the Nobleford Fire Department was dispatched to the scene as well as the Barons Fire Dep...

Nov 23, 2019

HALO still flying but looking for help from province

Medicine Hat, AB - Southeastern Alberta's air ambulance service is continuing to hope for stable financial support from the province. But it will continue to be actively fighting to keep the service g...

Nov 10, 2019 File photo

Lethbridge Firefighters save dog stuck on Oldman River ice shelf

Lethbridge, AB - A farm family's collie is tired, but safe after Lethbridge Firefighters, Lethbridge Animal Control and RCMP officers rescued it from an ice shelf this Friday morning.According to Plat...

Nov 09, 2019 Lethbridge Fire officials safely rescue a cold and tired Collie Photo Courtesy: Officer Skylar Plourde