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Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to sign a strategic partnership agreement with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum during his visit to Mexico, which starts today.

The agreement will cover infrastructure, trade, health, agriculture, emergency preparedness and security, senior government officials say.

Carney's two-day visit to Mexico City is happening as Ottawa seeks more trade with Mexico in response to the United States' trade war, and as both countries brace for the renegotiation of the continental trade deal linking all three economies.

The union for educational assistants in Alberta, fresh off its own strike, says its members won't step in to help schools if teachers walk off the job next month.

Canadian Union of Public Employees Alberta president Raj Uppal says members are being advised to refuse teachers' work and to get union officials to clarify areas where those duties could overlap.

She says the union supports teachers and will do "everything in our legal power" to help them improve classroom conditions.

École Secondaire Highwood High School has received grant funding to enhance food programs into Culinary Arts.  

The $100,000 grant will allow the Foothills School Division (FSD) to offer a Culinary Arts Program, designed to empower students with real-world culinary skills. 

Canada needs to maintain its 100 per cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said in an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday.

Ford said the measure is critical to securing a trade deal with the U.S. and protecting Canada's auto sector.

"If the federal government removes its tariffs against Chinese-made EVs, you will contradict and undermine months of engagement with U.S. officials and lawmakers about the need to protect and enhance our highly integrated cross-border automotive supply chains," Ford writes.

The Okotoks RCMP was among the organizations that contributed to one of the largest drug busts in Alberta history.

According to Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT), the investigation — Project Cerberus — began in May 2023 and concluded in September 2025.

It was led by ALERT Calgary’s organized crime team, with significant involvement from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Calgary Police Service.

The investigation focused on an organized crime group involved in Canada-U.S. drug trafficking with ties to Mexican cartels.

Premier Danielle Smith is directing her jobs minister to use all legal means possible to give Alberta more control over immigration.

In a new mandate letter given to Joseph Schow, Smith says Alberta needs more control over immigration to ensure the province sees sustainable levels of newcomers.

The letter says Canadian citizens should have first access to jobs and that young people should be prioritized over temporary foreign workers.

Immigration is increasingly becoming a focal point for Smith and her government. 

A Little Free Pantry in Okotoks has been repaired, with the help of the community.   

The Little Free Pantries in Woodhaven and Milligan began as a project for Grade 6 students at Westmount School in 2017.   

Since then, the Little Free Pantries have served Okotoks families occasionally, regularly, or for the times in between Food Bank hamper pick-ups.   

A south Calgary community is rallying after a fire destroyed two homes over the weekend.

The Calgary Fire Department responded to reports of a fire in Seton around 9:25 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13.

Two townhomes, each with a basement suite, were fully engulfed. According to the Calgary Firefighters Association, about a dozen people were displaced.

One person was treated for smoke inhalation, and a dog died inside one of the homes.

The Alberta RCMP are looking for a wanted man who could be in the Foothills area.  

Ryan Randy Watson was included in this week’s Alberta RCMP Wanted Wednesday campaign.   

Watson is wanted for various crimes.  

His last known location was Rocky View County, but he is known to frequent Claresholm, Vulcan, and Hesketh.  

The Alberta government says the notwithstanding clause is an essential part of the Canadian constitution and the country's top court should not undermine it.

The province’s attorney general filed its arguments this morning in a landmark Supreme Court of Canada case over Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21. 

Alberta says the notwithstanding clause was a "hard-fought and hard-won compromise" during constitutional negotiations, and preserves the provinces' parliamentary sovereignty.