Airdrie

With two weeks to go before the Labour Day long weekend, Airdrie is heading into a stretch of late-summer sunshine before the long-range forecasters take over with mixed predictions for fall and winter.

Environment and Climate Change Canada is calling for a mix of sun and cloud Monday with a 30 per cent chance of showers this afternoon and a risk of a thunderstorm. The high is expected to reach 23 C with a UV index of 6.

The Town of Irricana says it has approved its first subdivision approval in more than a decade and its first-ever subdivision dedicated to industrial economic development.

In a release, the town said that on Aug. 14, 2025, it completed the final steps to endorse and register an 11-lot light-industrial subdivision known as Pioneer Industrial Park.

Health experts, advocates and unions are sounding the alarm over Alberta’s plan for paid COVID-19 shots, calling it concerning and confusing.

On Monday, two months after the province announced it was adding a fee, it opened online pre-ordering for the vaccine. Albertans still need to book appointments for the shots, starting in October.

Air Canada cancelled hundreds of additional flights on Sunday after the union representing its flight attendants announced the workers would remain on strike in defiance of a back-to-work order.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees said it filed a challenge in Federal Court on Sunday to an order by the Canada Industrial Relations Board that said its members must return to work by 2 p.m. ET.

"Our members are not going back to work," CUPE national president Mark Hancock said outside Toronto's Pearson Airport. "We are saying no."

Ukraine and its allies held a virtual meeting Sunday as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepares for a high-stakes discussion with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on Monday.

Prime Minister Mark Carney's office said in a Sunday afternoon statement that he took part in the call with the "Coalition of the Willing," a group of nations that have agreed to support Ukraine as it defends itself against Russian's full-scale invasion. The statement did not indicate that Carney would be part of Monday's discussions.

Alberta Health Services has issued a boil water order for a Cochrane Lake property (263086 Range Road 43) after tests repeatedly showed bacteria.

In an Aug. 13 enforcement order, an executive officer declared “the above-noted Drinking Water Supply is hereby declared unfit for human consumption.”

The property is located approximately 42 kilometres southwest of Airdrie in Rocky View County.

A motor vehicle collision heading southbound on the QEII caused traffic congestion backed up towards Airdrie on Sunday.

Motorists reported the crash south of CrossIron Mills. There was no word on injuries or the number of vehicles involved.

The scene has since been cleared, though drivers experienced delays in the area.

When Prime Minister Jean Chrétien got hit in the face with a pie 25 years ago, the only thing hurt was his pride.

A quarter-century later, Canada's security landscape has changed radically. Threats of violence against politicians have become far more common. What seemed like a harmless prank then looks more like a warning now.

"There is this view that you're a politician, it's all fair game," said Catherine McKenna — who was herself the target of multiple threats of violence while she served as a federal minister.

The Pan American Health Organization says Canada has the highest number of measles cases on the continent and more action is needed to address low vaccination rates.

The regional agency within the World Health Organization, which covers North and South America, says there has been an exponential rise in measles this year. 

As of Aug. 8, it recorded 10,139 confirmed measles cases across ten countries, representing a 33-fold increase compared to the same period in 2024, when there were 311 cases.