Tag Archives: Paramedics/Fire
Lethbridge Fire Services called to evening drowning on Oldman River
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge fire, emergency services and police responded around 7 p.m. Monday to a 911 call reporting a person had entered the river near Popson Park and did not surface. Crews from t...
Jun 15, 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
Mayors want immediate investigation into EMS dispatch outage
LETHBRIDGE, AB- After a long technical outage for EMS dispatch services on January 26, 2021, Mayors across the province are calling for an inquiry into what went wrong.EMS dispatch services across Alb...
Feb 01, 2021
City woman facing arson charge in relation to Crestwood fire
MEDICINE HAT, AB - City police have charged a woman in relation to a suspicious Crestwood fire last week.City fire crews were called out to douse a blaze at 6 p.m. last Wednesday at a four-plex on 22n...
Aug 24, 2020
TSB says track the cause of 2019 Irvine train derailment
IRVINE, Alta. - A report from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a derailment last year in southern Alberta was caused by an unstable track.The derailment and chemical spill happened in th...
Aug 21, 2020
Pedestrian dies after hit by vehicle in Tower Estates
MEDICINE HAT - For the second time this week, there's been a fatal accident on a city street.A 71 year old pedestrian was hit by a vehicle at around 8:20 Tuesday night on Anson Avenue S.W. in Tower Es...
Jul 22, 2020
Highway 3 closed east of Taber due to two vehicle crash
UPDATE: 2:55 p.m. July 20RCMP say one person died after the two vehicles collided head-on in the collision.A 19-year-old female from Nobleford, Alta., driving east was pronounced dead at the scene. Th...
Jul 17, 2020
Motor home destroyed in suspicious fire
MEDICINE HAT, AB - City firefighters knocked down a blaze in an older motor home parked on Cuyler Road S.E. early this morning.The unit was fully engulfed in flames when fire crews arrived just after ...
Jul 16, 2020