Now that the heat has arrived, Primary Care Alberta is offering tips for residents to remain safe and healthy when attending outdoor events this summer.Whether you're headed to an outdoor concert or to your local fair, officials say a few simple precautions can help you make the most of it.These include staying hydrate...

Alberta's regulated iGaming system is now live, starting the race for private sports betting companies and online casinos to stake their shares in the provincial gambling market.It makes Alberta the second province to officially open the doors to private online gambling operators, behind Ontario.Nearly 50 companies pai...

RCMP in Alberta and British Columbia have cancelled Amber Alerts in those provinces for a six-year-old boy, but the child remains missing.Alberta RCMP said Friday that they were cancelling their alert but continuing to investigate the abduction of Lanakai Morrison.The boy was taken Tuesday from the hamlet of Valhalla C...

Beaverlodge RCMP is cancelling the Amber Alert for Lanakai Morrison, but all four individuals; Lanakai, Karl Morrison, Krista Morrison and Daniel Ludwig are still missing.According to Mounties, "This alert was cancelled as there is no reasonable expectation the public, in Alberta, will be able to action the instru...

CHAUVIN - Two tornadoes touched down in Alberta on Wednesday, toppling trees, tearing up trailers in a campground and sending three people to hospital.Dillberry Lake Provincial Park in central Alberta, near the Saskatchewan boundary, was evacuated and campers were told to head to the nearby village of Chauvin, Alta.Nei...

Elections Alberta announced they recently identified a website that appears to be attempting to represent itself as Elections Alberta.The government says the spoofed URL of electionsab.ca was designed to mislead by mimicking the legitimate website URL of elections.ab.ca, and exploit concerns about the recent unauthoriz...

July 10 evening update: As of Friday night, the Amber Alert originating in Alberta on July 8 has been cancelled for BOTH Alberta and British Columbia.However, it has now been extended to the Yukon and Northwest Territories.More to come...--July 10 afternoon update: Alert cancelled in Alberta "Lanakai, his mother K...

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has concluded its findings into the Spring 2025 death of a man while in police custody. In its report, released Wednesday, it said the incident in question centred around the arrest of an unwanted guest from a home on Scenic Drive. Lethbridge Police were called just before mid...

OTTAWA - A document prepared for the federal artificial intelligence minister to use when pitching international investors on Canada's AI ecosystem identifies a massive proposed increase in Canada's data centre capacity.But spokespeople for the government pushed back strongly on the figure, saying it is not a projectio...

The Government of Alberta announced they've accelerated the rebuilding of decades-old technology using advanced artificial intelligence tools.These tools are from companies like Google and Anthropic, which allowed the province to accomplish their goal in hours, which once took years to do.These tools help protect criti...

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) set a new monthly record in June, transporting almost three million metric tonnes of Canadian grain and grain products.In a statement Tuesday, the company said it moved 2.8 million metric tonnes last month surpassing the old mark estabished in June 2020.CPKC said second quarter figur...

The Government of Alberta unveiled the official Alberta Whisky logo, which they say will serve as a trusted mark of a made-in-Alberta, premium world-class spirit.The logo, which was selected in collaboration with industry partners, includes images of Alberta grains, water and landscapes within the provincial shield.&qu...

Elections Alberta says it will verify a separatist referendum petition by July 27, following a court ruling last week. The petition -- which was quashed in May over provincial law and First Nations consultation issues -- will now be checked while that original ruling is appealed. The advocacy group Stay Free Alberta cl...

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has completed its investigation into the death of a Lethbridge woman, who died in September of 2023, while in police custody.As is standard practice, the report released on Friday didn't contain the person's name or identify of any of the four civilian witnesses or 10 officers...

Alberta police say one person is dead following a roadside interaction near the community of Irricana, northeast of Calgary. Airdrie RCMP say officers were responding to a 911 call on Highway 9, just outside the town, at 6:20 p.m.Upon arrival, officers say they located a male suspect, and after an altercation, at least...

Residents swatting away mosquitoes nonstop and asking themselves, "where do they keep coming from?" are not alone.According to researchers at the University of Alberta, the current heavy rain-extreme heat cycle the province is in has created the perfect environment for mosquitoes.Dr. Jumari Snyman, a research...

Elections Alberta announced that Alberta musician Corb Lund's "Water Not Coal" citizen initiative petition has been deemed unsuccessful.Alberta's Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, determined the requirements of section six under the Citizen Initiative Act were not met.The petition needed to reach the 1...

Alberta's Opposition NDP leader says Premier Danielle Smith's plan for a new pipeline has his support, but he's calling on her to be honest about how much taxpayers could be on the hook for. Naheed Nenshi says he doesn't see public financing as a deal-breaker, but he'd like to see more private involvement. Nenshi says ...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has pitched a new bitumen pipeline to the B.C. coast, just hours after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a deal with B.C. to make it possible.Smith and Carney stood together in Calgary to announce that Alberta has formally submitted a proposed route to Carney's major projects office.Th...

Pembina Pipeline, Kineticor Asset Management and Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners - partners in the Greenlight Electricity Centre Limited Partnership - announced Thursday their final investment decision for the Greenlight Electricity Centre.The natural gas-powered electricity facility is approved to supply 932 me...

Albertans can now obtain their new driver's licenses or ID cards as the province introduces its new, redesigned cards.As reported a month ago, the province has rolled out the new cards as of July 2 that includes a Canadian citizenship identifier and the driver's personal health number."The new cards have enhanced ...

The mayor of Alberta's largest city says he wants to hold an anti-separation advocacy campaign as the province nears a referendum to quit the country but that provincial rules are binding the city from taking that step. Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas says he's going to be advocating for Premier Danielle Smith's government...

Heavy traffic on a website for Albertans to apply for $100 from the provincial government has clogged the site on the day it opened.In an email Wednesday, Alberta's technology and innovation department says it is aware of "performance issues" with the website related to heavy traffic loadThe email says that &...

The head of the Western Hockey League has come out with his annual report on the 2025-26 season of play.Commissioner Dan Near outlined some of the accomplishments and proposed changes, based on feedback, that will take place for the upcoming season."More than 3.2 million fans attended regular season WHL games this...

Alberta premier Danielle Smith released a statement Wednesday morning saying Canada Day is a time to reflect on the foundations of our country and the values that unite us, including a belief in freedom, democracy and respect for one another."Canada is known around the world as a nation full of opportunity, built ...

The Alberta government says crews have finished evacuating remaining campers who were tucked away at sites in Kananaskis Country. Parks Alberta Minister Todd Loewen said earlier in the day that about 50 people were sheltering in place in the area, which remains under a local state of emergency. In a later post on socia...

Canadian Press -- Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre has shuffled critic roles in the Conservative caucus.Among the changes is Ontario MP Michael Chong taking over as finance critic from B.C. MP Aaron Gunn.Gunn will, in turn, take over the ethics and government accountability critic role from Ontario MP Michael Barrett...

Primary Care Alberta (PCA) is offering advice on how to avoid infections of West Nile virus this summer.PCA notes that the best step you can take is to prevent yourself from being bitten in the first place.While the risk is low in Alberta, some mosquitoes can carry the virus. An infection will give you flu-like symptom...