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Ottawa says it will work to align its flight security regulations with those in the U.S. after Washington dropped a rule that required passengers to remove their shoes during security screenings.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Tuesday that passengers at American airports no longer need to remove their shoes because officials have found other ways to keep travellers safe.

Canada does not require passengers flying domestically or to non-U.S. destinations to take off their shoes for screening, unless a security officer decides it's necessary.

Six Republican lawmakers have sent a letter to Canada's ambassador calling for action on the wildfires sending smoke billowing across the international border into their states.

In a Tuesday letter to Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman, representatives Tom Tiffany, Brad Finstad, Tom Emmer, Michelle Fischbach, Glenn Grothman and Pete Stauber of Wisconsin and Minnesota said their constituents are coping with suffocating smoke from Canadian wildfires.

Red Deer Minor Hockey says it is conducting an internal investigation after a video surfaced showing one of its coaches, former NHL player Nick Tarnasky, involved in a fight at a golf course.

The incident took place recently at Alberta Springs Golf Resort, just outside Red Deer.

Alberta Health Services (AHS) has confirmed a case of measles in the Calgary Zone.  

The exposure in Claresholm at the Lander Treatment Centre.  

Anyone who attended the location on June 30 and July 1 between 7:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. could have been exposed to measles.  

The Town of Claresholm is cautioning residents to steer clear of a section of 52nd Avenue East, where a protective hawk has reportedly been dive-bombing passersby to defend her nest and chicks.

According to a Facebook post from the Town, Alberta Fish and Wildlife has received reports of these incidents occurring on 52nd Avenue East between 2nd and 3rd Street.

The Okotoks Art Gallery has their summer exhibits on display for everyone to enjoy.

They have two exhibits for the summer, the Member Show and Sale and the Colour Your World, which have become a bit of a tradition at the Gallery.

According to the Assistant Curator at the Art Gallery, Katrina Lougheed, the Member Show and Sale started during Covid.

Update:

Fortis Alberta reported an unplanned power outage Wednesday (July 9).

The outage spanned from Foothills County to the MD of Willow Creek.

Restoration was completed Wednesday afternoon.

Original story:

A woman wanted on warrants for the sexual assault and sexual interference of a minor has been located and arrested.

On Tuesday, July 8, the Calgary Police Service asked the public for help locating 49-year-old Regina Carla Fitzgerald.

Fitzgerald is alleged to have approached a 13-year-old boy near the Somerset-Bridlewood CTrain station on June 1, made sexual comments to him, and then touched him inappropriately.

The following afternoon, CPS provided an update stating that Fitzgerald had been located and arrested, thanks to a tip from the public.

Alberta has the most measles cases in North America on a per-capita basis, worrying experts who say summer events could push case counts even higher. 

The province’s former chief medical officers of health Dr. Mark Joffe says that’s twice the rate of confirmed cases in Ontario.

Ontario has been deemed Canada's epicentre of the outbreak in absolute case numbers, reporting 1,910 confirmed infections since its outbreak began in October, but with a population three times the size as Alberta.  

Vulcan County and parts of Foothills County are currently under a severe thunderstorm watch.

Environment Canada issued the severe thunderstorm watch, because conditions are favourable for the development of dangerous thunderstorms which could be capable of producing damaging wind gusts, rain, or large hail.

The watch is issued for: