Communities across northwestern Alberta are dealing with flooding caused by melting snow and ice jams on fast-flowing rivers. As of Wednesday morning, information alerts issued by Alberta Emergency Alert system remained active in Birch Hills County, Lac Ste. Anne County, Fairview and Sexsmith. Flooding has submerged local roads and areas highways, waterlogged farmers fields and filled…

The rising North Saskatchewan River has taken the Edmonton Riverboat for a rough ride. On Wednesday morning, the boat formerly known as the Edmonton Queen was tilting precariously in the icy waters, the starboard side nearly submerged. The boat’s owner, Jay Esterer, said the ship is not sinking as some people assumed but the situation…

Days after dozens of cases of COVID-19 were confirmed at a meat plant in southern Alberta, an occupational health and safety investigation was done by video call, determining the plant was safe to stay open. Now, just under one week after that call, one person is dead and 515 people sick with COVID-19 due to…

Inge Popke had planned to drive to Edmonton from her home in Denver, Colo. this month to celebrate her father’s 100th birthday alongside relatives from across Canada and the United States.  Her father, Adolf Hill, lives in the not-for-profit Shepherd’s Care Foundation’s care centre in Mill Woods, where he celebrated his centennial today. Hill received a greeting from…

Danielle Vandersteen had been looking forward to high school graduation all year. The 17-year-old Grade 12 student at École Alexandre-Taché in St. Albert had the perfect green lace dress picked out for the dance. She couldn’t wait to walk across the stage in her yellow and black cap and gown. Now she doesn’t know if her…

Albertans anxious to return to their jobs and some semblance of normal life should think of the novel coronavirus as a tidal wave that might have swept away thousands of lives if not for the sacrifices already made, says the province’s Chief Medical Officer of Health. Seven weeks after Alberta reported its first COVID-19 case, Dr.…