Cypress County

• Environment Canada confirms tornado touched down during vicious southern Alberta storm

  Climate Change Canada confirmed a tornado touched down in southern Alberta earlier this month during a storm that caused devastation to several homes.

  Weather

  Jul 24
  
• Families grieve loss of homes after windstorm rips through Cypress County

  Families in Cypress County were left to clean up the damage done by the 140 km/h winds that ripped through their community on Monday afternoon.

  Weather

  Jul 19
  
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• Homes damaged after vicious storm rips through southeastern Alberta on Monday

  Redcliff RCMP said its officers and other emergency responders are fielding calls about damaged homes as a result of a "possible tornado touching down" in southeastern Alberta.

  Weather

  Jul 18
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• Edmonton signs 20-year wind and solar contracts as part of net-zero goal

  The green energy contracts mean the city will use 100 per cent renewable electricity for the next 20 years. 

  Canada

  Jun 22
• 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
• 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
• 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.

  Traffic

  Oct 20, 2019
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• 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.

  Traffic

  Aug 2, 2019
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• 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