While many southern Albertans can likely attest to having waited extensive amounts of time for emergency care, a new report suggests that it could be worse. The Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) has released a new report on emergency room wait times in 2024/25. "The data shows that Canadians have been spending mor...

A pair of handguns reported stolen out of Redcliff, AB, were among those seized alongside an estimated $320,000 worth of cocaine and methamphetamine in Calgary last month. According to the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT), a total of three handguns were seized and a Calgary man has been arrested. ALERT Cal...

The Southeast Alberta Chamber of Commerce (SEACC) has announced it has been named the 2024 Chamber of the Year by the Alberta Chambers of Commerce, recognizing outstanding achievement among chambers with more than 500 members. Chamber officials note this prestigious honour reflects a year of transformative growth, regi...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel has recovered the bodies of two Israeli-American hostages taken in Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack that ignited the war in the Gaza Strip. Israeli strikes overnight and into Thursday meanwhile killed at least 13 people, including three local journalists, according to health officials in the t...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A former Republican congressman and vocal critic of Donald Trump says he wants to become governor in the president's adopted home state of Florida, and that he's running as a Democrat. David Jolly formally announced his bid Thursday, becoming the latest party convert hoping to wrest back contro...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's liberal-led legislature overwhelmingly passed bills Thursday to launch special investigations into former President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law in December and criminal allegations against his wife, targeting the ousted conservative a day after his liber...