Alberta Health Services says normal surgical volumes are now being done at the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital. Many surgeries were postponed in April and May after problems with what is called Medical Device Reprocessing, used to sterilize surgical instruments. A mobile unit has been operational since the middle of ...

The Jr. B Peace Country Honey Badgers wrapped up their inaugural season, finishing 3rd in their division.For their first season in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League, the team says they blew all expectations out of the water, having their season come to an end in a tightly contested semi-final series.The club thanked a...

Environment Canada has upgraded the air quality rating from yellow to orange as several wildfires continue to burn in the Northwest Territories. Currently, orange and yellow air quality warnings are in effect across the northern prairies and northeastern B.C. Locally, air quality is very poor, sitting at 11.0 on the ai...

City Hall says work on the Mission Estates storm rehabilitation project starts today (Monday, July 20). The city says the work will start "in the park and slope area east of 102 Street before progressing into 75A Avenue and the surrounding roadway." The city says the work will include "replacing aging st...

Alberta's minister of municipal affairs, Dan Williams, is set to embark on a tour of Alberta, speaking with local politicians and other local leaders.In all, he will visit 92 communities, the province says in a release."These visits are an opportunity to hear directly from municipal leaders about what's working, w...

It's National Drowning Prevention Week July 19-25, and to mark the occasion, the Alberta RCMP has some tips for enjoying the water safely.This year's theme is "safety starts with being water smart."According to the Lifesaving Society, over 400 Canadians die annually in preventable water-related incidents.The ...

Alberta RCMP are providing several tips for residents to help reduce auto theft this summer.Whether at a campsite or taking part in a fun summer event, the RCMP have provided the following tips to keep in mind when it comes to securing your vehicle:Keep your vehicle locked: Keep your vehicle locked, even when nearby. I...

Online applications to vote by mail in Alberta's fall referendum are now open. Premier Danielle Smith is putting 10 questions on the Oct. 19 ballot, including whether the province should remain in Canada or hold a second, binding referendum on secession. Albertans will also be asked to weigh in on questions of constitu...

The U.S. ambassador to Canada says Alberta and Saskatchewan could make the ``most compelling'' case to meet the oil needs of the United States. Pete Hoekstra says the U.S. needs to find three to four million more barrels of oil per day over the next decade and that Canada is one of the best places to get it. He says me...

A funnel cloud that touched down in Clearwater County Saturday managed to bring down trees and damaged structures but, thankfully, indications are nobody was hurt.In a social media post, the County provided the following update.This evening, at approximately 6:30 p.m., a tornado caused significant damage in parts of Cl...

CHARLOTTETOWN - Domestic trade and major projects will be on the agenda as Canada's premiers gather Tuesday in Prince Edward Island for a three-day meeting coloured by a renewed tariff threat from U.S. President Donald Trump. The annual summer gatherin...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Trade, big projects top issues as premiers meet Domestic trade and major projects will be on the agenda as Canada's premiers gather Tuesday in Prince Edward Islan...

George Harvie, mayor of Delta, B.C., has been sounding the alarm over security and crime at the province's port facilities for years, and he has plenty of questions as the federal government pushes a massive port expansion project in his city. The Rob...

Firefighters in British Columbia are working to build containment lines between an out of-control wildfire and the city of Kimberley in the province's southeast corner, where the entire community of more than 8,000 residents has been told to prepare fo...

Wildfires raging in northern Ontario appear to have pushed the province to its worst wildfire season on record. The province's latest numbers suggest fires have burned through more than 7,250 square kilometres of Ontario's forest, surpassing the previo...

OTTAWA - While the federal government has yet to sort out what it's doing with its order for a full fleet of fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets, it's already looking to the next big thing. Ottawa is widely expected to announce Tuesday it will join a si...

GUWAHATI, India (AP) - At least 10 people were killed and 17 others remain missing after a suspected gas explosion triggered a collapse inside an under-construction tunnel at a hydropower project in India's northeastern Himalayan state of Sikkim, near ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Tropical Storm Bertha strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico and was moving slowly toward the Florida Panhandle, causing a tropical storm warning and storm surge watches around the state line between Florida and Alabama, forecasters said...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) - A man stabbed and wounded two tourists Tuesday morning near the ancient Acropolis in Athens, Greece's top tourist attraction, police said. The assailant attacked a man and a woman, both Greek Americans, with a knife ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Tropical Storm Bertha formed Monday evening in the Gulf of Mexico south of the Florida Panhandle as it drifts erratically toward populated coastal areas bearing a threat of heavy rain, storm surge and damaging wind gusts, forecasters...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Flash floods in eastern Afghanistan have killed 20 people, injured about 80 more and left more than 100 missing, Afghan authorities said Monday. The floods struck the eastern province of Nuristan, said Yousaf Ham...

NEW YORK (AP) - A former U.S. Army soldier toting an anti-ICE sign set off fireworks, lit a fire and shot a pellet gun Monday morning outside a Manhattan federal office building, injuring three people before security officers subdued him, authorities s...