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Ottawa’s efforts to prepare the country for the impacts of climate change have stumbled out of the gate, Canada’s environment commissioner said Tuesday.

In a new report, Jerry DeMarco concluded the National Adaptation Strategy was not effectively designed, did not prioritize Canada’s climate change risks and only established one of its three components since its release in 2023.

The federal government is moving to shore up a historically weak summer job market for students — even as one economist argues tough employment prospects for young people suggest broader softness in the job market.

Statistics Canada shone a light on the difficult employment prospects for students heading back to school this fall in its May jobs report last Friday.

Roughly one in five returning students aged 15 to 24 was unemployed in May, the agency said. The last time the jobless rate for students was this high outside the pandemic was in May 2009.

Just after 8 p.m. on Tuesday, the Lacombe Fire Department was dispatched to a report of a small plane crash.

Crews arrived at the scene, located at the north end of the Lacombe Airport, and found the aircraft off the runway.

The scene was cleared shortly after, and no injuries were reported.

There has been no word yet on the cause of the crash.

An update will be provided as more information becomes available.

The union representing Alberta teachers says members have voted 95 per cent in favour of strike action and they could hit the picket lines in the next four months.

Alberta Teachers' Association president Jason Schilling says teachers are sending a message that they are united and will no longer prop up an underfunded public education system.

Finance Minister Nate Horner says a mediator's recommendation rejected by teachers included the same 12 per cent pay increase over four years that has already been accepted by other unions.

Red Deer RCMP have located 45-year-old Jodi Chipchura. She was last seen on May 26 before being found.

Chipchura is safe and sound.

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Since April 2024, the Alberta RCMP’s Community Safety and Well-being Branch (CSWB) has been piloting a health-focused program across parts of central Alberta to support individuals struggling with opioid addiction.

The Virtual Opioid Dependency Program (VODP) is a collaborative initiative between the Alberta RCMP, the Government of Alberta and Recovery Alberta, designed to provide early intervention, medical treatment and long-term support to those impacted by the opioid crisis.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is winning applause but also facing pointed questions from party members ahead of three byelections.

Smith, in her role as United Conservative leader, appeared at a town hall meeting attended by about 300 in Three Hills Monday.

She came with Tara Sawyer, who is running under the party banner in the June 23 byelection in the area.

On Sunday, June 8, at around 3:34 p.m., Innisfail RCMP and Innisfail Fire Department responded to a bush fire in Raspberry Park in Innisfail. 

The fires were lit in numerous locations within the wooded area and are believed to be intentionally set. The Fire department was able to extinguish the fires and there were no injuries or damage to property.

The intentional lighting of fires poses a significant risk to public safety and the safety of our community. Uncontrolled fires along with current dry conditions can be catastrophic for a community.

Federal organizations failed to follow procurement and security rules when awarding contracts to the company behind the controversial ArriveCan app, the auditor general said Tuesday.

The report on GCStrategies — one of several audits tabled in the House of Commons on Tuesday — says the company was awarded 106 contracts by 31 federal organizations between 2015 and 2024.

The maximum value of those contracts was more than $90 million but only $65 million was paid out.

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