Maskwacis RCMP is asking for the public's help in locating 17-year-old Beauty Okeymow. Beauty was last seen on Aug. 12 in Maskwacis, and the RCMP are worried for her well-being Beauty is described as:Medium complexion;5 feet, 6 inches tall;169 pounds;Brown hair; andBrown eyes. If you have any information on Beauty's wh...

The Central Region is expected to yield 23 per cent above its five-year average, according to the Alberta Crop Report, for conditions as of Aug. 14.The Central also has the highest expected yield of barley, oats and dry peas, at 82, 92 and 47 bushels per acre, respectively.Central has the second-highest crop rating at ...

A blue-green algae bloom advisory has been posted for Pine Lake, according to Alberta Health Services.Per AHS:A cyanobacterial (blue-green algal) bloom and/or toxins have been identified in the waters of Pine Lake. Residents living near the shores of this lake, as well as visitors, are advised to take the following pre...

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has cleared two officers of wrongdoing in connection with a non-fatal shooting incident on June 24, 2025, at Ermineskin Cree Nation. The investigation was directed to ASIRT before the establishment of the Police Review Commission on Dec. 1, 2025, and related changes to...

The provincial government is looking for public feedback from all Albertans on the Berland sub-regional plan.Located southest of Grande Prairie, the area includes 19,529 square kilometres of protected land and borders Jasper National Park; it's used for resource development, agriculture, recreation, tourism, forestry a...

Elections Alberta is calling out what it describes as a "significant volume of social media misinformation" related to vote registration and its own Voterlink tool."Elections Alberta is monitoring several streams of misinformation that have been increasing as we get closer to the referendum on October 19...

Alberta is delaying until later this year the implementation of new rules restricting which flags can be flown in schools. The province says it's also delaying a new mandate for schools to play the national anthem once a week. The new rules were expected to come in effect on Sept. 1 in time for the school year. They st...

Alberta's government says it's looking to do a study on the long-term security of the province's water supply. Environment Minister Grant Hunter says Alberta's population, industry and farming sector are all growing and reliable access to water is needed to sustain the growth. He says the study will look 100 years ahea...

Alberta RCMP is sharing safety tips for new drivers in the province, as, according to Transport Canada, young and new drivers are more likely to be involved in fatal and injury collisions.Police say this is due to the drivers' age and inexperience."Everyone has a duty to look out for each other on the roads, and t...

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...

OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate was 3.0 per cent in July, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely because they are based on small statistical samples (previo...

OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate was 3.0 per cent in July, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrador: 4.2 per cent (3.8) - Prince Edward Island: 4.0 per cent (3.8) - N...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... LeBlanc meets with U.S. trade representative as tariff deadline looms Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc spent the weekend in Washington to work with Donal...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to make an announcement about energy security after reports that Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador have reached a deal regarding Churchill Falls. Carney's public itinerary says he will be joined by Newfound...

OTTAWA - July's rebound in gas prices pushed the annual rate of inflation up to three per cent last month even as there were signs cost pressures were easing at the grocery store, Statistics Canada said Monday. The acceleration in the consumer price in...

MONTREAL - In a biomedicine laboratory at Polytechnique Montréal, animal protein grows in a bubbling orange solution as researchers in white lab coats take samples with large syringes. Neatly-labelled glass bottles filled with clear liquid line the she...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Sunday to scale back planned joint military exercises with South Korea after the Republican president said it declined to help denuclearize Iran. Trump said in a social medi...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tommy John, who won 288 games during a 26-year big league career and became the first pitcher to successfully return following groundbreaking elbow surgery that later was named after him, has died. He was 83. He died at...

Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia on Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv's largest aerial attacks of the war. Kyiv has stepped up its attacks on Russia this year, with long-range missiles and swarms of drone...

Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv's largest aerial attacks of the war. Russia's Ministry of Defense said that it had destroyed 822 drones overnight, with 600 headed toward...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - A passenger bus traveling on a highway in Hungary early Sunday went off the road and into a ditch where it overturned, killing 12 and injuring others, police said. The bus, which was carrying a group of Polish tou...

Indiana authorities said at least five people have died as a result of severe storms and flooding across the state this week, as first responders used boats to rescue more people Saturday from rising waters in neighborhoods along the White River in Ind...