A lightning-ignited wildfire in Jasper National Park in Alberta was estimated to be 6,150 hectares as of Tuesday morning, down from the 8,000 hectares it had grown to over the weekend.

Police in Saskatchewan say a report of a possible sighting of Myles Sanderson on James Smith Cree Nation has not checked out and the suspect in a series of stabbing attacks is still at large.

Flags at provincial buildings in Edmonton and Calgary were lowered to half-mast Monday.

A man was shot early Monday morning at a restaurant in Castle Downs.

The Municipality of Jasper is being warned about the possibility of “extended” power outages as the Chetamon Mountain wildfire continues to impact transmission lines in the national park.