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...

The Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital emergency department will be without an on-site physician overnight for four nights next week.Due to a clinical personnel shortage and an inability to secure temporary coverage, there will be no on-site physician from 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. the evenings of Sunday, July 5, Monday, July...

A road closure is currently in effect along Range Road 42.The MD of Fairview is conducting a culvert installation between Township Road 814 and Highway 682 today from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Drivers are being asked to use alternate routes and follow all posted signage.

Grande Prairie RCMP and Grande Prairie Police Service are seeking public assistance in locating missing 17-year-old Tatum Hawkes.Tatum was last seen in Grande Prairie June 24 and RCMP are worried for her wellbeing and would like to speak with her.Tatum is described as:Pale complexion5 feet, 2 inches120 poundsBrown hair...

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. ...

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...

TORONTO - Newly released court documents are shedding more light on the alleged link between a sweeping police corruption probe in Ontario and the case of former Canadian Olympian Ryan Wedding, who is accused of running an international drug traffickin...

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 it. Naheed Nenshi also says public financing for the pipeline ...

RICHMOND - The heartbroken girlfriend of a young charter boat captain feared drowned in a deadly sinking in B.C. waters last Sunday says she was aboard the vessel two days earlier when a broken door swung open and water flooded in. Chen Ming, 23, was i...

Community coroners in British Columbia have been given a 55 per cent pay boost as the BC Coroners Service looks to fill vacancies in dozens of communities across the province. The wage increase to $49.77 an hour for community coroners came into effect...

OTTAWA - Heritage Minister Marc Miller says the government's widely criticized advisory council on inclusion is meant to unify Canadians in a way previous federal envoys tasked with tackling antisemitism and Islamophobia could not. "This is an advisory...

OTTAWA - Environmental groups say they wanted to see a more concrete commitment to decarbonization in the proposal put forward for a pipeline to the B.C. coast backed by the Alberta and federal governments. Representatives from both the Pembina Institu...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, months after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war. He was 86. Authorities unveiled the casket containing Khamenei's ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, months after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war. He was 86. Khamenei's body was to be on display at the Grand Mosa...

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico will double security and limit capacity at the monument known as the "Angel of Independence" and at the fan festival in Mexico City's main square for Sunday's Mexico-England World Cup match after four people died during celebr...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) - Lionel Messi's goal-scoring streak lived on, and he made it look easy. His hopes of a second consecutive World Cup title also lived on - and that accomplishment was anything but easy. Messi's goal ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) - Conservative politician Keiko Fujimori on Friday was declared the winner of the presidential runoff election in Peru, which was dominated by people's concerns over surging crime. Fujimori, 51, the daughter of a disgraced...

PARIS (AP) - Interpol on Friday identified the main suspect in the Monaco bombing that reportedly targeted a Ukrainian tycoon with links to Russia as a 39-year-old woman from Ukraine who remains at large. The police organization named An...