AlbertaOct 01, 2025
Family of Alberta boy missing for a week won't stop searching until he's found
The family of a six-year-old Alberta boy missing for more than a week says they won't rest until he's brought home. A statement by the family of Darius Macdougall comes as the search for the boy enters its second week and hundreds comb through mountainous terrain in southern Alberta.
It says the family is thankful to the searchers for their dedication and that the community's support has provided them strength and hope.
Darius was reported missing after he didn't return from a walk with six young relatives in the Crowsnest Pass area, where the family had been camping.
RCMP had
AlbertaOct 01, 2025
No talks planned as 51,000 Alberta teachers set to hit picket lines next week
The head of the Alberta Teachers' Association says no talks are scheduled and 51,000 teachers are set to hit picket lines Monday in a provincewide strike.
Jason Schilling says teachers sent a clear message Monday night by overwhelming rejecting the latest contract offer from Premier Danielle Smith's government. Schilling, in an interview on Corus radio, says the government's offer of a 12-per-cent pay raise over four years and a promise to hire 3,000 more teachers is a drop in the bucket compared to what's needed to catch up on wages and reduce overcrowded classrooms.
He says th
CanadaOct 01, 2025
Anand taking two different approaches to building 'bridges' with China, India
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is off to India and China in the coming weeks, where she plans to take two distinct approaches to mending frayed ties with the world's two most populous countries.
"I do not think it is wise to group countries in one region of the world together, and certainly not those two countries," Anand told The Canadian Press.
"Our relationship with each of these countries is separate and we are approaching them very differently."
Anand spoke Monday after the United Nations General Assembly's high-level week in New York, where she spent several days meeting with forei
WorldOct 01, 2025
Rescuers in desperate search after a powerful earthquake hit the Philippines, killing at least 69
Rescuers are using backhoes and sniffer dogs to look for survivors in collapsed houses and other damaged buildings in the central Philippines, a day after an earthquake killed at least 69 people.
Officials say the death toll is expected to rise from the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that hit at about 10 p.m. Tuesday. The quake trapped an unspecified number of residents in the hard-hit city of Bogo and outlying rural towns in Cebu province.
Army troops, police and civilian volunteers were deployed Wednesday to carry out house-to-house searches. Officials say tntermittment rain and damaged bridges
FeaturedOct 01, 2025
Five Canadian provinces boost their minimum wage, Alberta now lowest
Five provinces are increasing their minimum wage today to support workers amid affordability issues.
The hikes will apply to Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
The provinces have tied their increases to Canada's steadily growing consumer price index, which is an indicator of inflation.
Ontario's minimum wage is now $17.60 per hour, Nova Scotia's and Prince Edward Island's are $16.50 an hour, Manitoba's is $16 per hour and Saskatchewan's is $15.35 an hour.
Alberta is the only province that has not boosted its minimum wage, with its $15-per-hour rate now the l