‘Makes it more extreme:’ Prof says climate change added to historic fire season

CALGARY— Climate change didn’t directly cause major wildfires in Alberta and British Columbia this year but it did contribute to their extreme nature, says a University...

La Loche school shooter carried out plan with ‘stark efficiency:’ Crown

MEADOW LAKE, Sask.— A Saskatchewan judge is weighing whether a teenager who fatally shot four people and injured seven others at a school and a home...

Calgary police apologize to family over news release about girl’s death

Calgary police have apologized to the family of a little girl who was killed when she was hit by a vehicle in 2016, saying they are...

Bodies removed from B.C. arena following ammonia leak, evacuation order persists

FERNIE, B.C. — One of the three men who died following an ammonia leak at an ice rink in southeastern British Columbia has been identified as...

Report recommends Alberta add urban ridings, cut three rural seats

EDMONTON — A report is recommending that Alberta’s next provincial election should be fought on a new political map that includes more urban ridings and less rural...

Health ministers looking at electronic database to fight opioids crisis

EDMONTON — Canada’s health ministers are looking at ways of working together, including an electronic prescription database, to fight the growing crisis in opioid addictions. Alberta Health...

Two men injured in Saskatchewan wildfire fight still in intensive care

A father and son who were badly burned while fighting a grass fire on their land in southwestern Saskatchewan are still in a Calgary hospital’s intensive...

Historic hotel in Banff, Alta., to reopen after devastating fire last year

BANFF, Alta. — Brewster Travel Canada has unveiled its renovation plans for a fire-ravaged hotel that has been a fixture along the main street in the resort town...

Manitoba university student discovers new species of zooplankton in Arctic

Changes made to MMIW inquiry so it can hear from more families in Manitoba

WINNIPEG — The national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls has made changes to allow more families in Manitoba to tell their stories...