Emergency

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has lifted the evacuation order for Abasand, Beacon Hill, Prairie Creek, and Grayling Terrace. All evacuated residents may return home immediately, and all remaining evacuation alerts and the State of Local Emergency have been lifted. The RMWB and Alberta Wildfire said recent rainfall has allowed them to make significant […]

Regional Emergency Services (RES) and Regional Fire Chief Jody Butz are reminding everyone to check their carbon monoxide alarms and test them monthly. Shortly after noon on Saturday, February 10, Firefighter-Paramedics responded to a medical call at an apartment complex in Timberlea. During the call, the portable carbon monoxide detectors worn by the first responders […]

Tired of these mother-flippin’ poops on this mother-flippin’ plane. Passengers onboard a Delta Airlines flight had to return to Atlanta not long after they departed because a passenger managed to cover the interior of said flight with what must have been a torent of diarrhea. It was bad enough that the pilot crew cited a […]