RCMP advised on the night of Aug. 30 that Highway 16 at Range Road 73 near Entwistle was closed in both directions for a “police incident.”

Alberta RCMP said at 11 p.m. that Highway 16 at Range Road 73 was closed in both directions for a "police incident." 

Pinnacle Renewable Energy says its pellet plant in Entwistle, Alta. remains suspended and a worker remains in hospital after an explosion at the facility earlier this month.

One person remains in hospital and operations have been temporarily suspended at an energy plant west of Edmonton after an explosion at the facility on Monday.

Three people were hurt — one critically — in an explosion and fire at a renewable energy plant near Entwistle, Alta., on Monday.

A 50-year-old man previously charged with three counts of permitting and/or causing unnecessary pain, suffering, or injury to animals, is facing 60 additional charges.

A number of animals were removed from a rural property west of Edmonton Tuesday morning in connection with an animal cruelty case.

Ross Atkinson and Patricia Moore, both from Parkland County, were charged with three counts of permitting and/or causing unnecessary pain, suffering, or injury to animals.

Patricia Lynn Moore was arrested and charged with three counts of permitting and/or causing unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to animals, according to an RCMP release.

A pregnant horse that went missing from a farm near Entwistle, Alta., in September was returned on Christmas Eve.