Yellowhead County

• Peers wildfire evacuees return home, elderly couple saves prized petunias

  People from Peers were allowed to return home, five days after being ordered to evacuate the hamlet west of Edmonton due to a wildfire just a kilometre away in Yellowhead County.

  Fire

  Jun 3, 2025
  
• Alberta wildfires: Evacuees in several Yellowhead County communities can return home Tuesday

  The county issued a re-entry guide for evacuees.

  Fire

  Jun 2, 2025
  
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• RCMP national security team investigating Yellowhead County pipeline rupture: Alberta minister

  Alberta's minister of forestry and parks said the RCMP national security investigation team is involved in a probe looking into what caused a pipeline to rupture and catch fire.

  Environment

  Apr 18, 2024
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• Yellowhead County burst pipeline investigation underway as wildfire brought under control

  A wildfire in Yellowhead County sparked by a burst natural gas pipeline is under control, but an investigation into what caused the pipe to break could take months or even years.

  Environment

  Apr 17, 2024
• Fiery natural gas pipeline rupture in Yellowhead County prompts Alberta Wildfire response

  A TC Energy natural gas pipeline reportedly exploded west of Edmonton late Tuesday morning, sending up a large plume of flames and smoke and triggering a small wildfire.

  Fire

  Apr 16, 2024
• Province to help Albertans recover from June floods

  Applications can now be submitted for disaster financial assistance to help with uninsurable costs related to flood damage to homes and property.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2023
• Collision claims lives of two teens west of Hinton, Alta.

  Alberta RCMP said Saturday they are investigating a collision in an area is west of Hinton that led to the deaths of two 14-year-old boys.

  Traffic

  Oct 7, 2023
• Alberta floods: Rivers receding west of Edmonton, some evacuation orders dropped

  The Athabasca, McLeod, Pembina and North Saskatchewan rivers west and northwest of Edmonton are starting to recede after reaching high levels earlier this week.

  Weather

  Jun 23, 2023
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• Snow what? Wild June weather wallops western Alberta, tourists rescued in Jasper

  Wet, heavy snow — and lots of it — fell Monday in Jasper National Park, along Highway 93 south to Banff, and on Highway 40 north of the Yellowhead near Grande Cache.

  Weather

  Jun 20, 2023
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• Edson, Yellowhead County struggle with flooding after wildfire: ‘One extreme to the next’

  States of emergency and flood alerts are in place in Yellowhead County, Alta., where just one week earlier, residents were forced to leave because of an out-of-control wildfire.

  Weather

  Jun 20, 2023