UPDATE: City of Grande Prairie residents are sharing multiple incidents of localized flooding following heavy rainfall as the severe storm warning continues.Reported areas currently experiencing flooding include:Crystal HeightsSouth PattersonPrairie road and 100th street intersection102nd ST.106 Ave.102 ST.105 Ave--UPD...

The Village of Berwyn has announced an upcoming by-election to fill a vacant seat on the village council.Council accepted Patrick O'Brien's resignation during their meeting June 17.Nomination packages are now being issued as of June 30, with anyone interested in serving their community to file their nomination by Augus...

Celebrations will get underway tomorrow (Wednesday, July 1) for the 159th birthday of the Great White North. Mayor Clayton says the City is proud to plan and continue to grow the celebration in ways that allow "more people to enjoy the experience together." "Seeing residents gather in Muskoseepi Park yea...

Fire advisories for the City and County of Grande Prairie have been lifted.Effective 9:00 a.m. June 30, the City lifted their advisory following recent rain and cooler temperatures lowering the wildfire danger in the area to low.The County of Grande Prairie also lifted their advisory June 30, including for Beaverlodge,...

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...

A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed in Alberta after the private information of nearly three million Albertans was allegedly obtained and published by a separatist group. A statement of claim filed last week accuses the Alberta government, its elections agency, and the Republican Party of Alberta of failing ...

Albertans with severe vision loss can now apply to use accessible parking spaces. The changes apply to the province's disabled parking placard system. The government says it recognizes that accessibility needs aren't limited to those with mobility challenges and says the change will allow those with vision loss to be m...

KUUJJUAQ - Prime Minister Mark Carney will make a rare Canada Day appearance in Alberta, just a day ahead of an expected announcement by the province related to its push for a new pipeline. Carney's visit also comes as Albertans face down a fall refere...

OTTAWA - China is imposing a 73.5 per cent tariff on pea starch from Canada starting Wednesday. The Chinese commerce ministry says the levy is the result of an anti-dumping investigation it launched in August last year that found Canadian products were...

MONTREAL - Montreal police say 11 people are facing charges in connection with alleged events preceding the death of a 15-year-old boy who was fatally shot by Longueuil police last September, leading to police watchdog and criminal investigations. At a...

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Avi Lewis says Heritage Minister Marc Miller was wrong to call on the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg to change the wording in an exhibit about displaced Palestinians. The exhibit, which opened to the public Saturday, f...

Brian Angus and Dorothy Stauffer set out from Vancouver's Coal Harbour on Sunday morning to embark on their annual months-long sailing trip aboard their 33-foot yacht Malaika. But within hours they were undertaking a harrowing rescue of survivors from ...

MONTREAL - Quebec's unofficial moving day is on Wednesday, and this year it's coinciding with a heat wave, leading health professionals to warn about injuries if people don't take proper precautions. Traditionally, Canada Day is when leases expire for ...

An attempt by a Richmond, B.C., company to reopen a landmark Aboriginal title case after the original trial lasted more than 500 days is an "abuse of process for relitigation" and will not be allowed, a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled this week. The cou...

Democratic socialist Melat Kiros beat U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in a Colorado House primary Tuesday, a stunning victory for the first-time candidate against a nearly 30-year incumbent and another win for the Democratic Socialists of America. ...

President Donald Trump has announced that Republicans will hold their first-ever national convention ahead of the midterm elections, an unusual event aimed at boosting turnout in races that will decide whether the party maintains control of Congress. ...

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - A roof collapse at a tutoring center under construction in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday killed at least 14 schoolchildren, police and rescue officials said. Eight other children were injured and bei...

WASHINGTON (AP) - New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. disclosed Tuesday that he was being treated for depression during his unexplained four-month absence from the House, suggesting in a brief floor speech that he remained silent about his conditio...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump's executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily ar...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, in another setback for transgender people. The court's six-justice conservative majority, which ha...