Alberta businesses like restaurants and fitness studios are no longer required to check for proof-of-vaccination, and that decision is garnering mixed reactions in the capital city.

Edmonton is looking at options to bring in a citywide proof-of-vaccination system after Alberta’s premier cancelled the highly controversial Restrictions Exemption Program (REP) at midnight Wednesday.

The number of patients with COVID-19 in hospital remained above 1,600 for the eighth time in the last nine days, according to Wednesday’s preliminary count, with 1,615 patients receiving care.

Whitecourt RCMP are investigating a threat found written in a high school bathroom stall on Monday.

A man from Smoky Lake, Alta., has died following a two-vehicle crash Monday night.