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Brushfire skids turn almost any pickup truck into a firefighting vehicle, and disaster relief charity GlobalMedic is working to get the tool into communities across Canada.

A fireguard being constructed southeast of Grande Prairie will be up to 200 metres wide and 30 kilometres long. Officials say it will help protect homes and critical infrastructure.

With a handful of school board elections around the corner, the Lincoln County clerk and recorder and staff of the county’s Elections Department have resigned from their posts.

According to County Human Resources Director Dallas Bowe, she had received letters of resignation from Clerk and Recorder Robin Benson and both employees in the Elections Office, including Administrator Paula Buff and her assistant, Amanda Eckart.

According to County Human Resources Director Dallas Bowe, she had received letters of resignation from Clerk and Recorder Robin Benson and both employees in the Elections Office, including Administrator Paula Buff and her assistant, Amanda Eckart.

Medevac flight makes emergency belly landing at northern Alberta airport Four people were aboard a medevac plane forced to execute a "belly landing" at the High Level Airport on Wednesday night. There were no injuries. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Jan 29, 2021 8:56 AM MT | Last Updated: January 29 Four people were inside this small medevac plane when it was forced to make an emergency landing at the High Level Airport. (Town of High Level/Facebook)