Airdrie

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. 

The Edmonton Police Service has cancelled a provincewide Amber Alert after a two-year-old girl was located safe.

Police said the alert, which was issued at 4:57 p.m. on Aug. 16, 2025, was cancelled at 5:32 p.m.

In the cancellation advisory, officials said: “The Edmonton Police Service is cancelling an Amber Alert. The child has been located.”

In a later news release, EPS said: “Upon further investigation, police believe that the incident is non-criminal. As such, there are no charges pending against the adult male.”

The Edmonton Police Service has cancelled a provincewide Amber Alert after a two-year-old girl was located safe.

Police said the alert, which was issued at 4:57 p.m. on Aug. 16, 2025, was cancelled at 5:32 p.m.

In the cancellation advisory, officials said: “The Edmonton Police Service is cancelling an Amber Alert. The child has been located.”

In a later news release, EPS said: “Upon further investigation, police believe that the incident is non-criminal. As such, there are no charges pending against the adult male.”

The Edmonton Police Service has cancelled an Amber Alert after a two-year-old girl was located safe.

Police said the alert, issued at 4:57 p.m. Saturday, was cancelled at 5:32 p.m.

In the cancellation advisory, officials said: “The Edmonton Police Service is cancelling an Amber Alert. The child has been located.”

In a news release later in the evening, EPS said: “Upon further investigation, police believe that the incident is non-criminal. As such, there are no charges pending against the adult male.”

Passengers around the world are feeling the effects after the union representing more than 10,000 flight attendants with Air Canada announced its members were walking off the job after it was unable to reach an eleventh hour deal with the airline.

The strike officially began just before 1 a.m. ET on Saturday.

Keelin Pringnitz and her family, from Ottawa, were returning from a European vacation, but were left stranded after flights were cancelled.

A meeting between Canada Post and the union representing 55,000 postal workers has been delayed until next week due to the availability of federal mediators, the company says.

The two sides, which were set to meet Friday, will now meet on Aug. 20.

It's been two weeks since members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers rejected the employers' latest offers in a majority vote.

After more than a year and a half of negotiations, the two sides met with federal mediators earlier this week before agreeing to meet with each other.

Calgary police say a motorcyclist who hit speeds of up to 200 kilometres per hour has been charged after fleeing a traffic stop.

The motorcycle eventually stopped on Range Road 23 north of Highway 772, a location in Rocky View County, approximately northwest of Airdrie.

Police say at about 11:10 a.m. on Aug. 14, a patrol officer saw a motorcycle without a licence plate travelling west on 17th Avenue S.E. near 31st Street S.E.

Emergency crews responded to a motor vehicle collision on the Queen Elizabeth II Highway southbound near CrossIron Boulevard in Balzac Friday afternoon.

511 Alberta reported the crash shortly before 3 p.m., warning drivers to expect major delays in the area. The scene has since been cleared, but some traffic congestion may persist.

RCMP say an Okotoks man has been arrested in connection with a July 31 house fire and firearms theft in Vulcan County.

“On July 31, 2025, at approximately 12:45 p.m., Vulcan RCMP responded to house fire in Vulcan County. Once the residents were confirmed safe, an investigation into the suspicious nature of the fire was initiated,” police said in a Friday release.

“It was also discovered that a vehicle and several guns had been stolen from the property of the house fire.”