Brian Jean is so confident that he’ll win his byelection he’s turning down door-knocking help from UCP MLAs in favour of building support to remove the premier.

Ottawa police made several arrests Thursday evening on Parliament Hill as hundreds of ‘Freedom Convoy’ protesters continued to ignore demands they leave the city’s downtown core. Reporters on the ground witnessed several people being put in handcuffs by police, including two of the convoy’s organizers.

The seven-day average of total hospitalizations has now trended downwards for more than a week.

Canada’s safety minister says a group with allegedly violent motives that was arrested at a border blockade in southern Alberta speaks to broader concerns.

Alberta’s premier pointed his finger at a familiar target Wednesday, as calls for him to do something about rising inflation heat up in Alberta.