Paramedics/Fire

Southern AB Mayors and Reeves calling on province to fund HALO

Bow Island, AB - The Mayors and Reeves of Southern Alberta have passed a motion calling on the provincial government to, "provide adequate and ongoing funding to HALO," according to a press release is...

Sep 05, 2019 Photo courtesy of Ross Lavigne.

RCMP give update on Hwy.1 accident near Maple Creek

Maple Creek - After a collision on Monday on the Trans-Canada Highway at Maple Creek, RCMP has confirmed that all injuries to those involved are non-life threatening.The accident happened at the inter...

Sep 03, 2019

Train derailment closes section of Highway-23 near Barons

Lethbridge County, AB - An evacuation order has been issued for everyone from Highway 23 west to Range Road 23-5, Highway 23 east to Range Road 23-2, as well as Township Road 12-2 south to Township Ro...

Sep 02, 2019 Fire crews block roads around Barons -- Emily Olsen - Global Lethbridge

Maple Creek accident on Hwy. 1

Maple Creek - Maple Creek RCMP say the Trans-Canada Highway is now fully reopened after a two vehicle accident at the turnoff to the town this morning.STARS air ambulance out of Saskatoon had been dis...

Sep 02, 2019

Sunday morning home fire put out quickly

Medicine Hat, AB - City fire crews worked quickly to douse a blaze at 471 21st Street N.E. Sunday morning after getting the call just before 10 a.m.Neighbours said they saw smoke billowing from the wi...

Sep 01, 2019 Photo by Alex McCuaig - The scene on 21st Street N.E. following a fire at a duplex on Sunday Sept. 1, 2019.

Mounties, sheriffs and Special Area officers launch traffic enforcement operation

Cereal, AB - It's been a deadly month on Highway 9 between Oyen and Youngstown with four fatalities which have left an 11-year-old boy dead and a young girl seriously injured in a collision which took...

Aug 29, 2019 Photo by Alex McCuaig - Traffic along Hwy. 9 is stopped in a section of the road that is being repaved.

Fire ban lifted in Cypress County

CYPRESS COUNTY, AB -- Cypress County has cancelled its fire ban that was issued nearly a month ago. The ban was issued on August 1, when grass fires were ravaging much of the County, causing a local s...

Aug 26, 2019

Two Hatters injured in suspected stolen vehicle crash

Taber, AB - Two Medicine Hatters were seriously injured early Sunday morning after losing control of a suspected stolen vehicle near Taber.Taber police say an officer with the service observed a 2010 ...

Aug 25, 2019

Possible drowning at Sylvan Lake

A search is underway at Sylvan Lake for a man in his 20s who fell into the water on Wednesday afternoon and reportedly did not resurface.RCMP were called to a possible drowning at the lake at 3:35 p.m...

Aug 21, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Troy Gillard)

HALO among first responders in Highway 9 crash

Medicine Hat, AB - Tuesday's multi-vehicle crash on Highway 9 required a massive response from first responders. Multiple RCMP detachments, including Redcliff, Hanna, and Coronation were involved in m...

Aug 21, 2019 Photo courtesy of Ross Lavigne