Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says he is clawing $82 million in federal health transfers to the provinces for charging patients for services that should have been covered by the public purse.

No Albertans died from influenza this week according to the latest data, while only 29 new cases were reported – a low not seen since October.

Liberal and NDP MPs called out Conservative MP Michael Cooper over what they described as a ‘shameful’ and ‘completely unacceptable’ comment he made to Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly during a hearing on foreign interference.

A second young child has been rescued from alleged sexual abuse by a parent in the Edmonton area, the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) team says.

Police are investigating a stabbing that happened Thursday morning.