Nearly two weeks after the Alberta RCMP warned the public of a convicted sex offender believed to be residing in Red Deer County, they have issued an update regarding the release of Kyle Soloway.Police say in the interest of public safety, the RCMP's High Risk Offender Program (HROP) got a judicial order to place addit...

Wolf Creek Public Schools announced they've hired Kassie Erickson as the new coordinator of curriculum, instruction, and assessment with the education services team.She currently serves as a lead teacher in the Literacy Numeracy Achievement Project with Edmonton Public Schools and brings experience to the role as an in...

The total number of house sales in Red Deer decreased in May.According to the latest market update by the Central Alberta Realtors Association, there were 161 houses sold in May, down from the 170 sold in April and down from the 185 sold in May 2025.The year-to-date numbers show there have been 676 house sales in Red D...

The Town of Ponoka is inviting residents to join the annual Community-Wide Garage Sale event set for July 17-19.That weekend, residents are welcome to host their own garage sales as part of the town-wide event to provide citizens with an avenue to sell unwanted items and find treasures throughout the community.If you'd...

The Alberta government has announced an investment of $3.1 million to increase rates for foster, kinship and permanency caregivers, in an effort to strengthen existing supports.Effective April 1, 2026, government officials say foster, kinship and permanency caregivers received a two per cent rate increase to help cover...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the art of dealing with U-S President Donald Trump is to stop panicking every time a new tariff is threatened. Smith says negotiators need to recognize that Trump, as a businessman, always has a plan A, B, and C up his sleeve. She says he'll ask for the moon but can settle for someth...

Alberta's Minister of Technology and Innovation, Nate Glubish, is set to travel to Paris, France, from June 16-19, to showcase the province's role in artificial intelligence.For four days, Glubish will join tech leaders, major companies, public institutions and investors at VivaTech 2026. While there, he will hold a ...

Alberta RCMP are reminding the public on how to share roads with commercial vehicles.As the traffic increases throughout the summer, police say sharing the roads with semi-trucks, tractor-trailers and other commercial vehicles requires extra caution."A variety of vehicles share our roadways every day, and it's eve...

CALGARY - Alberta is planning to ask residents in an Oct. 19 referendum whether the province should stay in Canada or if there should be a future binding referendum on separation.It was prompted by two citizen-led petitions.A petition from the group Forever Canada, asking if Alberta should stay in the country, was veri...

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...

KAMLOOPS - The man accused of murdering Tatjana Stefanski in rural British Columbia more than two years ago will now represent himself, including delivering closing arguments in the case. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Bradford Smith has told jurors in the...

A media advocacy group says the end of NHL broadcasts on CBC television raises concerns about public access to a cherished Canadian tradition. Friends of Canadian Media says "Hockey Night in Canada" has been a shared national experience for generations...

WEST KELOWNA - Residents of two West Kelowna, B.C., neighbourhoods are being rushed out of their homes ahead of a fast-moving wildfire burning near Okanagan Lake. The emergency management centre for the Central Okanangan says tactical evacuations were...

OTTAWA - Justice Minister Sean Fraser says he will take time over the summer to review the work of a committee tasked with determining whether Canada is ready to allow people with mental illness access to medically assisted dying. Committee co-chair Ma...

CHILLIWACK - British Columbia's workplace safety agency says it is investigating after 12 students were hospitalized Monday in what appears to be an electrical incident at a water park. WorkSafeBC says in an email that it has issued a stop-work order a...

MONTREAL - A coalition of Black community groups has joined calls for an independent public inquiry into allegations of racism within the Montreal police force that have led to 14 officers being reassigned and two others facing potential criminal charg...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies. The Department of Justice will take on enforcement of ...

Federal prosecutors have charged 15 people with impeding the Trump administration's massive immigration crackdown in Minnesota earlier this year, accusing them of coordinating efforts to block arrests and deportations as part of a conspiracy against th...

LONDON (AP) - A Russian warship fired warning shots near a U.K.-registered pleasure yacht in the English Channel on Tuesday, authorities said, an incident that caused no damage but illustrated heightened tensions between the two countries. ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday that Ohio should abolish the death penalty, saying it is no longer a deterrent to violent crime, confirming his change of heart on the policy he helped write as a state legislator 45 years ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - A freight train struck a bus at a level crossing in Zimbabwe on Tuesday, killing at least nine people including two children, police and rail authorities said. The crash occurred at a railway crossing in Triangle, ...

PALU, Indonesia (AP) - A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook part of Indonesia's Sulawesi island Tuesday and was followed by strong aftershocks. The initial temblor caused strong shaking lasting more than a minute around Palu, a city of about ...