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Tag: Alberta

Great grey owl with concussion rescued in Jasper National Park

January 14, 2020

One great grey owl owes some great big thanks to park wardens in the Canadian Rockies. Parks Canada staff found the big bird along…

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Protesters arrested at alleged break-ins at two Alberta sled dog kennels

November 18, 2019

RCMP arrested 15 animal rights activists after a weekend protest at sled dog kennels in the Canmore area. The protesters were arrested for allegedly…

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Bear saunters into northern Alberta hotel like it’s no big deal

August 29, 2019

You really do see all kinds in the hotel business. But this particular guest wasn’t exactly warmly welcome at one northern Alberta hotel last…

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RCMP officer rescues owl hit by car in Northern Alberta

July 21, 2019

Mounties always get their man, and sometimes, their owl. Sergeant Dean Purcka, Detachment Commander of the the Swan Hills RCMP Detachment in northern Alberta,…

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Did you hear the one about the bear who walked into a Brazilian BBQ?

July 9, 2019

The smell of BBQ does tend to draw a crowd. It’s just normally not this wild. But a black back sauntered down Main Street…

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Baby pronghorn saved after mother fatally injured on the Canadian prairies

June 12, 2019

It was a local rancher who first spotted the badly injured pronghorn. The doe was on the highway just east of Veinerville, in the…

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Llama on the loose has police puzzled in Alberta

May 30, 2019

This llama is on the lam. But police outside Edmonton, don’t know from whom or why. But it’s definitely on the run. “Strathcona County…

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Mounties get their goslings amid forest fire evacuation in northern Alberta

May 25, 2019

Forest fires tearing through northern Alberta have evacuated entire communities. The Chuckegg Creek fire, now more than 10,000-square kilometres in size, is threatening homes…

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Ducklings in distress saved from storm drain by Calgary police

May 24, 2019

Everything about this rescue mission is police-speak perfection. “On Sunday, May 19, 2019, Calgary Police were called to the community of Royal Oak for…

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Good Samaritan stops to free baby moose caught in barbed wire fence

May 15, 2019

Chris Fisher was in the right place at the right time and just happened to be the right guy. The wildlife biologist was travelling…

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