Cochrane

The wildfire danger has climbed to high in Kananaskis Country and Canmore, while Banff National Park remains at extreme.

The Calgary Forest Area (CFA) updated its rating this week due to hot, dry conditions and no rain in the forecast. Officials warn wildfires can ignite and spread quickly, urging people to use extra caution outdoors.

Lead poisoning impacts cattle in Saskatchewan every year, potentially killing multiple animals in a herd. Not only is there the concern associated with losing cattle, but there is also potential for lead to enter the food chain – because of this, testing is required in lead poisoning cases to protect public health.

Researchers say pediatricians, family doctors and parents need to learn more about what kind of performance-enhancing substances kids are using when they work out or play sports.

Seventeen per cent of more than 800 Canadian pediatric specialists surveyed say they saw adolescents who needed medical attention due to dietary supplements or performance drugs over the previous year.

The majority of cases were boys and more than half of them were between 13 and 15 years old.

Almost a third of the patients were even younger — between 10 and 12 years old.

The head of the Alberta Energy Regulator has cancelled an application hearing for a potential coal mine, a move that he acknowledged is "without precedent."

The hearings had been scheduled for a proposed underground coal mine in Grande Cache, Alta., owned by Summit Coal Inc., which would produce about 3,562 tonnes of coal per day.

Workers dangle from ropes as they brush the last bit of white paint on the trim of the Okhmatdyt children’s cardiac hospital in Kyiv.

Below them, a damaged children's stroller and construction supplies sit atop a tree-covered garbage heap. Windows of some surrounding buildings are still boarded up with plywood.

One year after a devastating rocket attack on Ukraine's largest children's hospital that killed four and injured a dozen, the century-old facility is getting ready to reopen — with help from the Canadian Red Cross.

After battling one of the toughest stretches of their journey, five cyclists reached Hinton last night on their 1,800-kilometre ride from the U.S. border to the Northwest Territories in support of Alberta Search and Rescue.

The group powered through the punishing climbs of the Rockies, a leg many consider the most gruelling of their week-long mission.

The ride, called AB4960, began Sunday at the 49th parallel on the U.S. border and will wrap up Aug. 30 at the Northwest Territories boundary on the 60th parallel.

An Alberta cabinet minister is promising to follow the rules following an unusual late-night tour of the legislature last week for controversial American Christian singer Sean Feucht.

Family Services Minister Searle Turton says he led Feucht and others through the domed building late Friday after the singer held a concert on the legislature grounds.

Feucht later posted a short video on social media of a "worship session," with him and others singing in the building's rotunda.

Alberta's parks minister says a fisher is expected to recover after being attacked by a grizzly bear in the province's south.

Todd Loewen says the attack took place over the weekend near Milk River, 300 kilometres south of Calgary, close to the U.S. border.

Loewen says there were cubs with the grizzly when the attack took place, so the bear may have been acting defensively.

He says details are still being gathered, but that there have not been any sightings of the grizzly since the mauling.

A 41-year-old man from Mînî Thnî has been charged after RCMP seized multiple firearms and prohibited weapons following a disturbance on the Stoney Nakoda First Nation last week.

Cochrane RCMP say they were called to a residence on Aug. 22 after witnesses reported windows being smashed and a man armed with a gun.

Officers say the suspect fled before police arrived, but was located a short time later during a traffic stop and arrested without incident.

A record was set at the opening blind draw of the three-day Shoot on the Bow, held Aug. 22–24, as the event continues to attract a who’s who of Alberta’s darts community.

Tournament chair Ellison Smith said the women’s entries nearly doubled this year, while 60 men competed—12 more than last year.

Among them were some of the sport’s biggest names: Robbie Mills, ranked No. 1 in Alberta and No. 4 in Canada; Clint Clarkson, Canada’s top-ranked player and No. 3 in Alberta; Mike Dwyer, Alberta’s No. 2; and Brenda Moreau, Alberta’s top-ranked women’s player.