Ken MacGillivray

4 days ago | globalnews.ca | Ken MacGillivray

Now that the storm has passed, the cleanup is underway in southern Alberta. Environment Canada estimates about 200 mm (close to 8 inches) of precipitation fell in some parks of Kananaskis Country during the storm that soaked southern Alberta this weekend. The national weather agency said the heaviest rain - in some cases snow - fell along the foothills and over parts of eastern Alberta, near the border with Saskatchewan.

4 days ago | globalnews.ca | Ken MacGillivray

The RCMP have identified the second victim of a fatal rockslide that happened Thursday in Banff National Park as a 33-year-old resident of Surrey, B.C.Police haven't released the man's name, but Parks Canada earlier said his body was recovered around 9 a.m. on Friday from the scene of the rockslide, near Bow Glacier Falls, about 37 kilometres north of Lake Louise, along the Icefields Parkway (Highway 93). Multiple hikers were in the area when the rockslide hit, around 1:30 p.m. on Thursday.

1 week ago | globalnews.ca | Ken MacGillivray

Friend, colleague, educator, leader, mentor - those are just a few of the accolades lauded upon Jutta Hinrichs by those who knew her. The 70-year old woman from Calgary has been identified as one of the people killed in the devastating rock slide at Bow Glacier Falls, about 40 km north of Lake Louise along the Icefields Parkway on Wednesday. Emergency crews were called to the area in Banff National Park around 1:30 p.m. Thursday.

1 week ago | globalnews.ca | Ken MacGillivray

With a weekend storm expected to bring heavy rain and the possibility of snow to some parts of southern Alberta, Parks Canada has been forced to temporarily close several road s in Waterton Lakes National Park. A rainfall warning, issued by Environment Canada for the area around Waterton, calls for heavy rain to start falling Friday afternoon and continue into the weekend, before tapering off Saturday night.

1 week ago | globalnews.ca | Ken MacGillivray

Calgary police are investigating after a collision between a motorcycle and a pickup truck hauling a utility trailer killed a 35-year-old man on Thursday. It happened just before 6 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of Stoney Trail and Sarcee Trail northwest. Investigators believe a white 2023 GMC Sierra pickup, with a utility trailer attached, was travelling eastbound on Stoney in the middle lane.