An evacuation order is in place for parts of west-central Alberta as a wildfire burns in the area. The 366-hectare fire, which is about 19 kilometres west of Nordegg, was discovered Tuesday and initially responded well to firefighting efforts. Fire officials say it's considered out of control due to increased temperatures, low humidity and high winds. The evacuation order issued by Clearwater County on Wednesday night includes several provincial recreation areas, the Centre for Outdoor Education and Frontier Lodge. An evacuation alert is also in place for the hamlet of Nordegg, which is about

The Enforcement Directorate, which questioned Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi in the National Herald case on Thursday, kept two doctors and an ambulance on standby as a humanitarian gesture, agency sources said. The central agency also allowed Sonia Gandhi's daughter and party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at its office. The sources said that Sonia Gandhi was asked over two dozen questions "after which she asked to go home for her medication". They said ED allowed this and it will call her for interrogation again on Monday. Congress held protests in different parts of the country over ED

Alberta Government House Leader Jason Nixon says he doubts controversial legislation proposed a party leadership candidate would even pass in the legislature. Nixon says the Alberta sovereignty act proposed by Danielle Smith would not only be illegal, it would be bad for business and politically catastrophic because it vastly overpromises what it can't deliver. Smith is one of the front-runners in the race to replace Jason Kenney as party leader and premier in October. She has promised that if she wins, she would bring in this fall a bill granting Alberta the power to refuse to enforce federal

A woman who hails from a minority ethnic community has been chosen as India's new president. On Thursday, Droupadi Murmu became the first president from one of the country's tribes and the second-ever female president of India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Droupadi Murmu at her residence on Thursday and greeted and congratulated her on being elected as the new President of the country.Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda was also present during the meeting. Murmu will be 15th President of India. The presidential contest was between Murmu and opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha. Odisha

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was admitted to a hospital in Delhi on Wednesday early morning, said sources on Thursday. Mann was admitted for treatment in Delhi's Apollo Hospital after he felt unwell. The Chief Minister was checked for a stomach ache following which the doctors diagnosed him with an infection. On Wednesday, Mann had congratulated the Police and the anti-gangster task force for successfully executing an operation against gangsters in the state after two Sidhu Moose Wala killers were gunned down after a heavy exchange of fire with Punjab Police near Amritsar on Wednesday

President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus as new variants challenge the nation's efforts to resume normalcy after two and a half years of pandemic disruptions. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that Biden was experiencing “mild symptoms" and has begun taking Paxlovid, an antiviral drug designed to reduce the severity of the disease. She said Biden “will isolate at the White House and will continue to carry out all of his duties fully during that time. He has been in contact with members of the

Lieutenant Governor of Delhi VK Saxena has returned the proposal regarding the Singapore visit of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to attend the 'Eighth World Cities Summit and WCS Mayors Forum', and advised him to not attend a conference that is prima facie a conference of mayors not befitting attendance by a Chief Minister, said sources. Earlier, Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought permission to attend the World Cities Summit in Singapore. In his letter to Modi, Kejriwal said, "The Government of Singapore has invited us to present the Delh

A man who was convicted of manslaughter in his young son's death in 2017 is out of prison after serving two-thirds of his sentence. The toddler’s lifeless body was found outside Edmonton’s Good Shepherd Anglican Church in 2017. Joey Crier and his then-girlfriend were each charged with second-degree murder in the death of 19-month-old Anthony Joseph Raine. Crier was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to nine and a half years in prison in August 2020. His sentence, however, was reduced to three years because he had been assaulted in jail and had spent much of his pre-trial time segr

Surrey RCMP is requesting public assistance in locating a statue stolen from a church in the Guildford area. On July 13, 2022 at 4:31 a.m., two suspects stole a bronze statue of St. Andrew Kim which was located on church property outside of the Education Centre Building at 10222 161 Street. The suspect used a dolly to transport the statue and load it into a camper van (see attached photos and videos).The statue is described as two metres tall and depicts St. Andrew Kim. It is difficult to make out a suspect description based on the current evidence. The investigation is ongoing and police are