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...

The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association, or CASA, has named this week as BeGrainSafe Week across the country. Describing it as a critical priority, the group's executive director, Sandra Miller, says every year, preventable incidents put farmers, workers, and their families at risk. Miller says, what may appear to...

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...

Fans of celestial events might want to find a dark place to be overnight on August 12 and 13. The Canadian Space Agency says on its social media page that this is the time the annual Perseids meteor shower will reach its peak. This is the time of year the Earth passes through the debris left behind by the Swift-Tuttle ...

Can you help the Alberta Wildlife Federation (AWF) spot double-crested cormorants?That's exactly what the organization is asking of anglers, boaters, birdwatchers, landowners, and other outdoor enthusiasts to do over the coming weeks as part of its Double-Crested Cormorant Monitoring Project."Double-crested cormor...

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...

PORT MOODY - Police in Port Moody, B.C., say a dog owner has been criminally charged after two large dogs are alleged to have mauled a woman. Police in the Metro Vancouver city were called to a report of the attack on May 20 after receiving reports of ...

MONTREAL - A special prosecutor in the Caribbean nation of Dominica says an extensive international investigation helped convict two American men on July 28 of murdering Quebec entrepreneur Daniel Langlois and his partner, Dominique Marchand. Langlois ...

OTTAWA - Dozens of Canadian cultural sector organizations are calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney not to scrap rules requiring foreign streaming companies like Netflix to make financial contributions toward Canadian content. The government has promis...

VANCOUVER - In the moments after police responded to the Feb. 10 mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., officers weren't sure how many shooters were involved as RCMP had received different names. The confusion is revealed in legal documents released as ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Chief calls for co-operation to prevent fires as world changes at a 'rapid pace' The chief of the Penticton Indian Band in British Columbia says events such as the...

PENTICTON - A major wildfire in British Columbia's Okanagan has been held, although the nearby blaze outside Summerland continues to burn out of control. Central Okanagan Emergency Management says the Quilpituk Creek fire that triggered evacuations ear...

ROME (AP) - An explosion struck an ammunition manufacturing plant in the town of Colleferro near Rome on Thursday, local authorities said. There were no immediate reports of injuries. The explosion followed a fire that broke out at the fo...

LONDON (AP) - The U.K. recorded its hottest day of the year Thursday, reaching 38.1 degrees Celsius (100.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in west London, the national weather service said, as an intense stretch of hot weather continued to grip Europe. ...

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...