One of Canada’s most high-profile weather forecasters says the extreme storms that have pummelled parts of the country over the past month may be a sign of what lies ahead for the upcoming winter.

Alberta’s top doctor says her department is contacting people who’ve recently arrived from one of the southern Africa countries of interest for the Omicron COVID-19 variant and they must quarantine for two weeks.

The World Health Organization says the global risk from the omicron variant of the coronavirus is ‘very high’ based on early evidence, and it could lead to surges with ‘severe consequences.’

RCMP officers are investigating a break-and-enter and theft of $3,000 worth of electronics from a Staples store last week in northern Alberta.

The COVID-19 pandemic led to a surge in late-stage cancer diagnoses, with restrictions preventing or discouraging many from getting screened early. But an Ontario company has developed a new cancer screening test that uses blood samples, which could make it easier to detect cancers earlier.