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Trudeau also appointed a group of cabinet ministers, including Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault and Housing Minister Sean Fraser, to support Boissonnault.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Hinton, Alta., to get a briefing on the status of the Jasper wildfire, as well as meet with the province's premier and evacuees who fled the blaze that destroyed a third of the town.

A fire rampaging through Jasper National Park remained out of control on Wednesday, while officials worked to restore power and water in the park's townsite and to hash out a plan for vacationers to retrieve their stranded camping trailers.

Parks Canada says crews in the town of Jasper are fighting flames that are jumping from building to building but critical infrastructure has so far been protected.

The Alberta government has approved a $175-million recovery program for municipalities and Metis settlements affected by wildfires.

United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith says she will consider making changes amid questions over whether she is politicizing Alberta’s wildfire crisis by using party news conferences to deliver fire updates meant for the broader public.

Officers embraced each other and wiped away tears on Thursday, March 16, 2023, as Edmonton's police chief relayed details of how two constables were shot and killed at an apartment complex while responding to a domestic violence call.

Emails suggesting a former Alberta justice minister hired a political fixer to pull the phone logs of a reporter to trace her sources show how the province's politics has deteriorated, observers say.

David Wallace said the former justice minister wanted to trace the reporter's sources for a story about the size of his wedding when health restrictions were on.

Members of Premier Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party caucus have voted to turf two of their own for challenging the leader.