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Volume 118 Issue 27
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Wednesday, January 21, 2026 s
Charges laid in fatal accident at Weather warnings issued as cold set to follow wind Killam intersection last March mid-week in Flagstaff Leslie Cholowsky Editor
The Killam RCMP have advised this week that charges have now been laid in regards to an accident that occurred in early March last year outside Killam that changed the lives of a local family. On March 28, 2025, around noon, Killam/Forestburg RCMP responded to a serious motor vehicle collision, involving two pickup trucks, white and grey, at the intersection of Highway 13 and Highway 36. RCMP says that upon police arrival, emergency responders from Regional Flagstaff County Fire Services and Alberta Emergency Medical Services, were on scene and treating the injured occupants of a pickup truck. “Witnesses also remained on scene. A nine-yearold girl in the white pickup truck was declared deceased on scene, and the other occupants, including a nine-year-old girl, a 12-year-old boy, a
14-year-old boy, and their 44-year-old father, were taken to hospital with various injuries.” All five were members of a local family. Police say that their investigation determined the grey pickup truck travelling south on Highway 36, failed to stop at the posted stop sign, and subsequently collided into the side of the white pickup truck that was heading west on Highway 13. As a result of this investigation, RCMP says that charges were sworn before a Justice of the Peace on Monday, Jan. 12. Eric Shaffer (73), a resident of Chemainus, BC, is facing several charges, including: -Operate a motor vehicle dangerous to the public causing death; -Operate a motor vehicle dangerous to the public causing bodily harm x 4; RCMP report that Shaffer is to appear in court on Tuesday, March 3, at the Alberta Court of Justice, in Killam.
Leslie Cholowsky Editor
Environment Canada had wind warnings out for the entire Flagstaff County region on Tuesday, Jan. 20, and snow squall watches for Killam, Sedgewick, Lougheed, and Hardisty. Strong northwest winds, gusting to 90 km/hr were forecast for the overnight period, weakening by Wednesday morning. Snow squalls in the eastern half of the region were possible, with brief but heavy snowfall accompanying the wind in some places expected to cause driving difficulties. The wind is expected to die down to gusts of 50 km/hr by the end of Wednesday. Cold temperatures, in the -23 daytime and -30 evening were expected by Thursday, then moderating through the weekend to the minus teens by the start of next week, with a chance of flurries early in the week.
Buzz Brass Quintet wows audience in Daysland with their musical skills Buzz Brass, a five-piece quintet from Quebec, wowed a DaysArts audience at the Palace Theatre last Thursday, Jan. 15, with their performance. The band received a standing ovation after their concert in appreciation for their incredible talent. SEE MORE INSIDE.