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PHOTOS: Provincial mountain bike festival takes over Canmore Nordic Centre

The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts in July came in at 254,966 units compared with 283,498 in June.

FORT SMITH, NWT — Firefighters will be watching the skies over the next couple of days hoping for help from Mother Nature as wildfires along the Alberta-Northwest Territories boundary continue to force evacuations.

“Bears are always hungry and following their noses, and when a bear gets a taste of human food, whether it’s actual food or garbage or fruit from trees, they associate that food source with people,"

The flow on the Elbow is the lowest it's been since around 2000 and the Bow River is the lowest it's been since 1911.

St. Albert is the designated reception centre in Alberta for fire evacuees

Home of the Okotoks Dawgs recognized by Ballpark Digest

Nutrien Ag Solutions opens new $3.8 million fertilizer plant, replacing 45-year-old facility

A new location around Seaman Stadium provides more display space for this year's Okotoks Show & Shine, which is set for Sunday, Aug. 20.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 361.24 points at 34,946.39. The S&P 500 index was down 51.86 points at 4,437.86,while the Nasdaq composite was down 157.28 points at 13,631.05.