With cases of measles in Alberta at their highest in decades, the provincial government is encouraging people to get vaccinated against the virus. However, measles vaccines are not publicly available at pharmacies unlike other routine vaccinations.

A round of thunderstorms is potentially in store for parts of Alberta today, bringing with them high wind gusts and large hail.

EDMONTON — An Alberta judge has convicted a man of manslaughter in the 2023 killing of a woman who was stabbed in the head with a steak knife. Blake Bird was initially charged with second-degree murder after the woman was discovered on a couch with the knife in her head outside a home on the Paul Band First Nation.

When the immunization rates go down and you have a lot of unprotected people in the communities, usually the first vaccine-preventable disease to come back is measles, said Constantinescu on a measles episode of CBC Radio's Alberta at Noon.

Alberta has surpassed 900 cases of measles since the beginning of March. Data from the provincial government’s dashboard shows 53 more cases were confirmed over the weekend, bringing Alberta’s total to 932.

Court scheduling is underway to hear an appeal from activist group Take Back Alberta (TBA) as it seeks to overturn $112,500 in fines for election advertising violations that have since been referred to Crown debt collection.

The news is about to be flooded with the latest from the Group of Seven as some of the world's most powerful leaders travel to the Canadian Rockies next week for high-level meetings on major issues.

BANFF, Alta. — The heads of the world’s richest economies are converging on Alberta today for one of the most high-stakes G7 meetings in recent memory amid a U.S.-led global tariff war and the growing crisis in the Middle East.

The Health Sciences Association of Alberta says that is the best way to protect patients, reduce hospitalizations, and keep the health-care system strong. Smith says the aim of the new policy, announced last week, is to prevent wastage, recover costs, and protect those who need it the most by giving them the COVID shot for free.

Folks in Alberta will need to be weather-aware through Monday evening as yet another setup for severe storms is in place. A large area of the province faces a threat of non-severe storms, including Calgary and Edmonton,