Update:Environment & Climate Change Canada has expanded the coverage area for rainfall warnings to include areas of High River and Claresholm and north of Vulcan. The new forecast is for between 30 and 60 millimetres of rain by Friday.Original:It certainly looks like parts of southern Alberta are receiving some muc...

Motorists travelling Highway 3 near Grassy Lake will face a new traffic detour beginning Friday as construction continues on the highway twinning project.The detour will be implemented Aug. 14 to allow crews to complete tie-in work on the east and west sides of Grassy Lake.Traffic will be diverted between Range Road 14...

Alberta Health Services issuing an advisory for the Milk River Reservoir after a blue-gree algae bloom was discovered near the Ridge Park Campground. Residents living near the shoreline and visitors to the campground beach being strongly urged not to swim or wade into the water until further notice.The suggestion is to...

Alberta's government is looking to add new services and supports for gambling addiction following the recent launch of its regulated online gaming market. The province, in a request for expressions of interest, says it's looking to fund services in addition to what's available through Recovery Alberta.The Ministry of M...

Alberta's government says it's looking to do a study on the long-term security of the province's water supply. Environment Minister Grant Hunter says Alberta's population, industry and farming sector are all growing and reliable access to water is needed to sustain the growth. He says the study will look 100 years ahea...

Alberta RCMP is sharing safety tips for new drivers in the province, as, according to Transport Canada, young and new drivers are more likely to be involved in fatal and injury collisions.Police say this is due to the drivers' age and inexperience."Everyone has a duty to look out for each other on the roads, and t...

Alberta's Lieutenant Governor is praising Medicine Hat's community spirit and the athletes competing at the Special Olympics Canada Summer Games.The Honourable Salma Lakhani is making her second visit to Medicine Hat. She previously visited the city for the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards about three years a...

Alberta RCMP shared this week that its members will make a shift to navy blue uniform shirts.They note this is part of an effort to modernize the RCMP uniform across the nation.The change will occur starting Aug. 15."The RCMP understands that seeing a new uniform colour may cause confusion. The RCMP also understan...

Two prominent members of Taber's sports community were recognized last week during the reopening of the community's large ice surface, by being inducted into the Wall of Fame.Dr. Gerry Beckie is the former president of Taber Minor Baseball, and was given the Alberta Baseball Association's Award of Merit in 1990, before...

Vauxhall's Adam Macko is on the move, once again, and it came on Major League Baseball's Trade Deadline Day.The 25-year-old Toronto Blue Jays pitcher is now a Texas Ranger after being dealt by the club Monday for infielder Josh Smith and minor league pitcher Josh Stefan.Macko, who made his major league debut May 18th a...

Lethbridge's Evelyn Beaton is one of 19 gold medal winners for Canada at this year's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.The 21-year-old earned the honour, beating Sofia Asvesta of Cyprus this past Friday (July 31) in the final of the women's 52-kilogram division in Judo.Beaton had never beaten the Cypriot in previ...

The Canadian Grain Commission is updating grading procedures for amber durum, wheat and lentils for the 2026-27 crop year, which begins August 1.In a release Wednesday, the CGC said the revisions will include updated procedures, definitions, and photo reference material. New grading factors will include: darkened and s...

New traceability requirements for beef cattle proposed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency have been shelved. The move followed a large influx of industry opposition with producers calling the new rules too burdensome. Heather Brown, the CFIA's national manager of humane transport and livestock traceability programs...

The first window of time for farmers in Alberta and Saskatchewan to obtain strychnine to deal with burgeoning ground squirrel populations is about to run out, and many producers are now hoping for better luck next spring.Wade Nelson, who farms near High River, Alta., about 66 kilometres south of Calgary, said it's best...

OTTAWA - More than 40 per cent of registered electors living in Indigenous communities voted in the federal election last year, a new Elections Canada report shows. The highest level of voter participation in Indigenous communities was recorded in the ...

VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say a Mexican national has been charged with second-degree murder in a cold case dating back three decades. Vancouver police say 68-year-old Juan Manuel Rueda Salud was escorted by officers from Mexico to Vancouver on We...

A post on X featuring a video compilation of wildfires has received hundreds of thousands of views. The post claims "technocratic elites" are manipulating the weather and creating wildfires across the West. Experts consulted by The Canadian Press say t...

Premier David Eby has said British Columbia's wildfire season turned "brutal," with a ferocious blaze that led to the death of an 80-year-old woman and forced some 20,000 people out of their homes in the south Okanagan last weekend. Here are key facts ...

ABBOTSFORD BRITISH COLUMBIA - A parole board says sex offender Randall Hopley must remain under a supervision order for another year, although his ankle bracelet has been removed and his curfew extended by an hour. Hopley, who's 60 years old, has been...

GUELPH - Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Thursday he believes his government will ultimately be successful in its push to expand Toronto's island airport to allow jets to land, but he is not indicating how he'll achieve that. The land that Billy Bishop ...

ROME (AP) - An explosion sparked by a fire at an ammunition factory sent up a towering plume of smoke Thursday in the town of Colleferro near Rome but no injuries were reported, local officials said. The blast took place at a plant owned...

LONDON (AP) - The U.K. recorded its hottest day of the year Thursday during an excessively dry stretch that saw multiple fires break out as an intense stretch of hot weather continued to grip Europe. The Met Office said the temperature of...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - Separatists in northern Mali have released 82 soldiers, including some taken captive during a nationwide attack on government forces in April, the Malian military and a rebel spokesperson said Thursday. A statement fro...