Alberta Health Services says it’s creating a focus group to review and advise on new personal protective equipment (PPE) it’s procuring in the fight against COVID-19, as health-care workers continue to raise concerns about the quality of new masks obtained from a manufacturer based in China. On Saturday, CBC News spoke to nurses and doctors who say…

A flood advisory has been issued for Lac Ste. Anne County as water levels rise in the Little Paddle and Paddle Rivers due to rapid snow melt, according to an alert issued by the Alberta River Forecast Centre The alert posted just before 3 p.m. Saturday warned that people may encounter flooded roadways and high…

The latest: What you need to know today in Alberta: When the provincial government announced it would provide emergency funding for those impacted by the pandemic, it knew eligible applicants would be turned away, internal emails show. But in the end, the government says it paid out millions more than it anticipated.  WATCH: What happens…

Alberta reported four deaths from COVID-19 and 241 new cases of the disease on Sunday.  Three people from Calgary zone and one person from the North zone died in the past 24 hours, according to numbers posted to the province’s website on Sunday afternoon, bringing the total number of reported deaths in Alberta to 55. …

The northwest Alberta town of Peace River declared a state of local emergency on Saturday night due to flooding downtown. A suspected ice jam caused flooding near 100th Avenue and 100th Street in downtown Peace River, according to information posted to the town’s website. The Pat’s Creek culvert that runs under the town started overflowing around 8:30 p.m. Town…

One hundred days after his wife and nine-year-old daughter — along with the 174 other passengers on Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 — died in a ball of fire in the clear night sky over Tehran, Hamed Esmaeilion still wakes up at night tormented by questions. “[I am] still devastated, still seeking justice, still seeking truth…