A Strathcona County toddler has been rescued from suspected sexual exploitation, and the child’s mother has been charged, police said.

The warm spell continues through the rest of this week with daytime highs in the 0 to 5 C range.

Search teams and emergency aid from around the world poured into Turkiye and Syria on Tuesday as rescuers working in freezing temperatures dug, sometimes with their bare hands, through the remains of buildings flattened by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake. The death toll soared above 5,000 and was still expected to rise.

A new poll suggests a majority of Canadians still see the United States as their country’s closest ally, even in an age of isolationism and protectionist policies.

Canada’s premiers are in Ottawa to meet with the prime minister over access to more health care funding. But that’s not all Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has on her mind.