The Canadian government is moving to ban the importation of restricted handguns, effective Aug. 19. Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly announced Friday that the federal government has decided to push ahead with an importation ban without the approval of Parliament, moving to make the policy change through regulatory restrictions.

A threat closed a southeast Edmonton rec centre Wednesday evening, according to Edmonton Police Service.

A 12-gauge shotgun was found in the vehicle of a male who assaulted a person and reportedly shot into the open air at an event centre in Ponoka on Friday.

Edmonton hospital patients are being moved into hallways amid a “high demand for acute care services” over the long weekend, Alberta Health Services has confirmed.

Health care staff are urging the province to take action as Edmonton hospitals moved patients into hallways amid what Alberta Health Services called a long-weekend induced “high demand for acute care services.”