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Jasper being evacuated. Courtesy of Jordan Fjellner on X
Alberta

Not the last smoke

Today’s smoke is looking a bit worse than yesterday Today we will have a high of 34° at 4 PM and a low of 24 closer to midnight, calling for yet another sweaty night. Edmonton has activated their extreme heat response with

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Wildfire smoke on Highway 15
Sherwood Park/Strathcona

Holy Smokes! It’s hot with terrible air quality!

Not the best day to go outside for fresh air. You won’t find it around here. Wildfire smoke today (is that seriously a “weather condition” like sunny or cloudy now?!) with a humidex of 39, UV index high at 7.

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A WestJet aircraft
Alberta

Microsoft outage disrupts flights, media and hospitals

On Friday morning, a widespread technology outage severely disrupted critical services across Canada, impacting flights, hospitals, and media operations. Cybersecurity experts at CrowdStrike identified a faulty update targeting computers running Microsoft Windows as the root cause. Fortunately, systems using Mac

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Alberta

Wildfire update, northern Alberta, B.C and evacuation payments

Fires in northern Alberta have prompted evacuations of workers from oilsands sites. MEG Corp announced Tuesday evening it is evacuating non-essential personnel from its Christina Lake oilsands site. Imperial Oil Ltd. confirmed Wednesday it is reducing non-essential workers at its

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Car in Snow.
Canada

Car thefts in Canada decrease

Auto thefts in Canada have shown a notable decrease of 17 percent compared to last year, according to a recent report by Equite Association. In the first half of 2024, Alberta reported a 5 percent reduction in auto thefts, although

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Animated rain cloud
Edmonton

Rogue heat and thunderstorms

Today we will have a high of 29° at 3 PM and a low of 22 closer to midnight. This evening the high of 29° will stick around until 6 and we’ll have mainly sunny conditions. Edmonton has activated their

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