A cyanobacteria advisory is in effect for Reesor Lake at Cypress Hills Provincial Park after blue-green algae was identified in the water.Visitors are being advised not to swim or wade in areas where cyanobacterial blooms are visible, and to avoid contact with blooms in the water or washed up along the shoreline.The ad...

The second of three meetings focusing on an international study on water access to the St. Mary and Milk rivers goes Wednesday evening in Milk River.A draft report is being put together for the International Joint Commission, and it's looking for public engagement from users and producers in the region. Tuesday night's...

Continued hot, dry, and forecast windy weather resulted in more fire restrictions being imposed by local authorities on Tuesday. Three more communities have been added to list including the County of Newell and Kainai First Nation, where burning of bush, grass, debris, and garbage is not allowed until further notice.Li...

Lethbridge Police are seeking the public's assistance to locate a 38-year-old man. Kyle Anthony Wensmann is wanted on an outstanding warrant for failing to comply with release order conditions. Anyone who has seen Wensmann, or has information on his whereabouts, is asked to call police at 403-328-4444 and reference Fil...

A cyanobacteria advisory is in effect for Reesor Lake at Cypress Hills Provincial Park after blue-green algae was identified in the water.Visitors are being advised not to swim or wade in areas where cyanobacterial blooms are visible, and to avoid contact with blooms in the water or washed up along the shoreline.The ad...

The second of three meetings focusing on an international study on water access to the St. Mary and Milk rivers goes Wednesday evening in Milk River.A draft report is being put together for the International Joint Commission, and it's looking for public engagement from users and producers in the region. Tuesday night's...

Continued hot, dry, and forecast windy weather resulted in more fire restrictions being imposed by local authorities on Tuesday. Three more communities have been added to list including the County of Newell and Kainai First Nation, where burning of bush, grass, debris, and garbage is not allowed until further notice.Li...

Lethbridge Police are seeking the public's assistance to locate a 38-year-old man. Kyle Anthony Wensmann is wanted on an outstanding warrant for failing to comply with release order conditions. Anyone who has seen Wensmann, or has information on his whereabouts, is asked to call police at 403-328-4444 and reference Fil...

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...

An international study board is looking at ways to improve water access to the St. Mary and Milk rivers is now asking for feedback from the public. The board is putting together a final draft report, to be submitted to the International Joint Commission, that will include input from users and area producers.The first o...

Alberta's government is facing workplace safety related charges in the death of a firefighter who was struck by a tree about two years ago while tackling the massive wildfire in Jasper National Park. Alberta Occupational Health and Safety says the wildland firefighter was employed by the minister of forestry and parks ...

The federal government is advancing the process to designate a proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast as a "national interest" project.Naming a project in the national interest under the Building Canada Act allows the government to fast-track approvals and skirt some environmental laws.A notice published in ...

FORT VERMILION - A school supervisor in northern Alberta has been charged after a child was struck with a machine belt as part of the school discipline traditionally known as the ``strap.'' Investigators say they learned that the strap was being used at three schools Blumenort Mennonite School, Wilson Prairie Mennonite...

A grand total of 1,107 traffic-related tickets were given out by Alberta RCMP over the August long weekend.Of those, 513 were for speeding, 27 were for distracted driving, and 20 were for seatbelt infractions."Road safety is a shared responsibility," says Sgt. Darrin Turnbull, Alberta RCMP Traffic Services. &...

Sarah Batchelor says it started a few weeks ago when a large blue flag bearing Alberta's shield of arms appeared on her neighbour's window in Airdrie, a city north of Calgary.The 49-year-old music teacher, who has lived in the province for most of her life, says she would not have been bothered if her neighbour put it ...

The province's minister of Arts, Culture and Status of Women is recognizing Heritage Day in Alberta."On Heritage Day, Albertans come together to celebrate the different cultures and traditions that have helped make our province the incredible place that it is today," said Tanya Fir in a prepared statement Mon...

CALGARY - The union representing WestJet cabin crew has shared details of the tentative deal reached with the Calgary-based airline this week after a one-day strike. The Canadian Union of Public Employees says the deal includes a more than 18 per cent ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Vigil held for Calgary boy, 11, found dead in pipe system after disappearance A vigil was held outside Calgary's city hall on Wednesday evening for an 11-year-old ...

CALGARY - A vigil was held outside Calgary's city hall on Wednesday evening for an 11-year-old boy with autism who was found dead inside a labyrinth of water pipes a week earlier. Parker's disappearance from a northside day home last month prompted a m...

A few dozen properties in a village in Metro Vancouver are under evacuation alert due to a nearby wildfire, while evacuees in British Columbia's Fraser Canyon may start returning home. The blaze burning in Belcarra Regional Park has prompted those from...

ST. JOHN'S - Staff at the federal Fisheries Department are worried the United States government is about to adopt legislation jeopardizing the survival of the North Atlantic right whale, according to an internal government memo. The memo was sent to se...

ELIZABETHTOWN - The trial of a man accused of killing his nine-year-old daughter last summer during a trip to New York is set to continue today. Luciano Frattolin is charged with second-degree murder and the concealment of a human corpse in the death o...

BUNIA, Congo (AP) - Dozens of health workers working at the epicenter of Congo's Ebola outbreak staged protests Thursday to demand payment for their wages, abandoning several health facilities even as aid workers warn that the world's fastest-growing o...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the sea on Thursday, South Korea's military said, resuming weapons tests days before its rivals the U.S. and South Korea begin annual military drills that North Korea...

BEIRUT (AP) - Two Israeli soldiers were killed in an explosion in southern Lebanon, Israel's military said Thursday, the first Israeli deaths since a shaky truce between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah began nearly two months ago. ...

TORONTO (AP) - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday he no longer has confidence in FIFA President Gianni Infantino, adding to growing pressure on the soccer leader after his abandoned plan to sell stakes in the World Cup sparked a global backlash....

LONDON (AP) - London police said Wednesday that a woman has been arrested after four people were stabbed in Covent Garden, a bustling area in the center of the capital that is full of attractions and popular with visitors. The Metropolita...

DETROIT (AP) - Abdul El-Sayed, an insurgent former public health official who harnessed Democratic frustration with the party establishment, narrowly defeated Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan's U.S. Senate primary, setting up a crucial test for progressi...