Cypress County

• Farms in B.C. and Alberta latest to have confirmed outbreaks of avian influenza

  The infection in Cypress County, near Medicine Hat, is the 29th in Alberta, but the first in more than a week.

  Canada

  May 24
  
• Missing Alberta county councillor found dead, wife charged with murder

  Cypress County councillor Alfred Belyea of Suffield had been missing since Oct. 8. Police confirmed Saturday he has been found dead.

  Crime

  Oct 17, 2021
  
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• Drugs, guns, crossbows seized from rural southern Alberta property

  Firearms, crossbows and about $21,000 worth of drugs and cash were seized following an investigation in southern Alberta. 

  Crime

  Sep 9, 2020
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• Train strikes gravel truck near Suffield, Alta.

  RCMP said they responded to the crash at Township Road 154-A and Range Road 94 on Sunday at around 3 p.m.

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  Oct 20, 2019
• Evacuation order lifted in Cypress County, Alberta following train derailment

  A train derailment prompted an immediate evacuation order for residents of Cypress County in the area of the hamlet of Irvine, Alta., on Friday afternoon. Shortly after 11 p.m., emergency officials said residents could return to their homes.

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  Aug 2, 2019
• Evacuation ordered, state of local emergency declared in Cypress County as wildfire moves in

  Cypress County declared a state of local emergency as a wildfire burned in the area on Saturday.

  Canada

  Jul 27, 2019
• Wildfire alert issued for Cypress County, Alta., as 2 fires burn

  Two wildfires burning near Cypress County, Alta., prompted emergency alerts for the area on Wednesday.

  Canada

  Jul 24, 2019
• Southern Alberta collision claims woman’s life

  A woman died from injuries she suffered in a southern Alberta collision on Monday afternoon. 

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  Jan 8, 2019
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• Heat warnings issued in southern Alberta, some areas could hit 37 C on Friday

  Some people in southern Alberta are being told to prepare for a scorching hot start to the weekend as Environment Canada issued a number of heat warnings for that part of the province on Thursday.

  Weather

  Jul 6, 2018
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• Southern Alberta slammed by ‘extreme cold and blowing snow’

  A day after much of southern Alberta was put under either a wind warning or blowing snow advisory -- or both -- the RCMP said Tuesday afternoon that Highway 3 had been completely shut down in both directions between Pincher Creek and Lundbreck as a result of treacherous driving conditions.

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  Feb 12, 2018