Category: News

  • RCMP Airdrie – Break & Enter and Vandalism to Construction sites in Reunion

    RCMP Airdrie – Break & Enter and Vandalism to Construction sites in Reunion

    Airdrie, Alberta – Sometime over the weekend on July 11th to 13th, two homes under construction in Airdrie’s Reunion neighborhood were broken into and vandalized. Unknown suspects entered the residences by damaging garage doors. Once inside, the suspects damaged carpet and knocked holes in drywall. Overall damage is estimated at $2000.00. The Airdrie RCMP is…

  • RCMP Cochrane – Sebee Dam ** UPDATE **

    RCMP Cochrane – Sebee Dam ** UPDATE **

    On July 15th, 2014 at approx. 1130 hrs. Cochrane RCMP confirm the recovery of 26 yr old Christopher Guthrie of Calgary, Alberta. Mr. Guthrie was one of three people who had entered the Sebee Dam with the intent of cliff jumping into the Bow River. Cochrane RCMP warn people the use of this area is…

  • Prentice campaign demands retraction from Wildrose

    (Calgary) The latest allegations from Danielle Smith and the Wildrose in their news release (last week) are further proof that they are simply not ready to be in government. Jim Prentice resigned all of his corporate board positions including Canadian Pacific Railway, and took an unpaid leave of absence from his position at CIBC prior…

  • Baird: 'Hamas Not Interested in Peace'

    Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “As the Israeli cabinet approved a ceasefire that would have ended eight days of hostilities, Hamas rejected it without a second thought. This proves Hamas has no interest in peace. “We have long believed that innocent Palestinian people living in Gaza deserve far better than…

  • RCMP Kananaskis – Male drowns in Lower Kananaskis Lake

    RCMP Kananaskis – Male drowns in Lower Kananaskis Lake

    Kananaskis, Alberta – On July 12, 2014 at approximately 1:45 p.m., Kananaskis RCMP officers were dispatched to a missing person complaint at the Lower Kananaskis Lake in Kananaskis, Alberta. Officers where advised that somewhere around 12:00 p.m. a 65 year old male had set out to swim across the Lower Kananaskis Lake. When the male…

  • RCMP Cochrane – Sebee Dam Incident

    RCMP Cochrane – Sebee Dam Incident

    On July 13th, 2014 at approx 1630 hrs. Canmore RCMP received a complaint of a missing swimmer in the Bow River east of the Sebee Dam. Police investigation determined the incident occurred in the Cochrane Detachment area who have taken over the investigation. Three males ages 26, 22 and 17 all of Calgary, Alberta had…

  • Man Charged in Missing Persons Investigation

    Calgary Police Service – The Calgary Police Service can now officially identify a man charged in relation to an ongoing missing persons investigation, now deemed to be a homicide investigation. At approximately 1:30 a.m., Monday, July 14, 2014, police arrested a man on property near the Airdrie acreage currently linked to the investigation into the…

  • FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 and FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015™

    Canada is ready to welcome the world! Canada is proud to host two major international women’s soccer competitions. The FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 and the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015™. The FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada 2014 will be held in Edmonton, Alberta; Toronto, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; and Moncton, New…

  • Gravel Surface Remediation Starting Week of July 14, 2014

    HIGH RIVER, AB: The Town of High River’s gravel surfacing remediation program work is scheduled to begin the week of July 14, 2014. The program, which is funded by the Disaster Relief Program, includes removing and replacing gravel in the north parking lot of the Bob Snodgrass Recreation Complex and in back lanes in all…

  • Calgary Police Update on Missing Calgary Family

    Calgary Police Chief Rick Hansen called a press conference this afternoon to confirm an arrest has been made in the missing persons’ case of Nathan O’Brien and his grandparents, Alvin and Kathy Liknes. The police believe they are dealing with a murder although the bodies have not been recovered. They are preparing to lay two…

  • Alberta Wildfire Update

    As of Sunday, July 13, 2014 @ 05:13pm The Spreading Creek Wildfire is a managed wildfire which will continue to grow and is classified as being held. Currently this wildfire is 6816 hectares. Environment and Sustainable Resource Development is continuing to manage this naturally occurring wildfire with 108 firefighters, seven helicopters and various heavy equipment.…

  • RCMP & Sheriffs – Airdrie Integrated Traffic Unit – Man Hospitalized After Motorcycle Collision on Highway 2

    RCMP & Sheriffs – Airdrie Integrated Traffic Unit – Man Hospitalized After Motorcycle Collision on Highway 2

    On Friday, July 11 at 9:30 PM, members of the Airdrie Integrated Traffic Unit (ITU) were dispatched to a serious motorcycle collision in the southbound lanes of Highway 2, about 5 km north of the Highway 72 overpass (Crossfield area). The collision involved a single vehicle – a 2000 Honda CBR sport motorcycle. The driver,…

  • Amber Alert Remains in Effect

    Update: Missing Persons Investigation – Sunday Following a final sweep of the Liknes property on Saturday, July 12, 2014, the Parkhill home has been released from police continuity. On Sunday, July 13, 2014, Calgary Police Service search teams continued to search the Spyhill Landfill. Officers with the Service and the RCMP will continue to comb…

  • Wild Rose Country Should Stay

    Submitted by MLA Pat Stier Wild Rose Country. As Albertans, we’ve proudly worn this slogan on our licence plates for decades. We identify with it. And when we travel across this country and continent, we’re proud to be identified with our famous symbol. Recently, Albertans were shocked to learn the government would be redesigning our licence plates, and…

  • Assembly of First Nations Responds to Supreme Court of Canada Keewatin Decision

    OTTAWA, July 11, 2014 /CNW/ – The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) today commented on the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Andrew Keewatin Jr. et al. v. Minister of Natural Resources et al. (Ont.), a case dealing with Treaty No. 3 rights and the ability of the Province of Ontario to take up lands…