Residents of Fort McMurray were allowed to return earlier this month, four weeks after a wildfire cut the city in two and forced more than 80,000 residents to flee.

From Parliament Hill to the flat Saskatchewan prairie where Gordie Howe learned the game, tributes poured in Friday for the man known simply as Mr. Hockey.

The bill gives the province the power to levy a tax on home and business heating bills and on gasoline at the pumps.

"We didn't have a respectful tone yesterday. We express regret for how things unfolded. The intention was never to embarrass the (Alberta) premier or the premier of Ontario."

Worker evacuation near Fort McMurray expands, now numbers 8,000

The devastation was apparent but what stuck with Justin Trudeau, he said, was how much was still standing — the airport, the downtown, the hospital.

Premier Rachel Notley and the first wave of planners hope to go to the city today to begin work on getting tens of thousands of evacuees back home.

Wildfires that levelled neighbourhoods in Fort McMurray slowed their rampage through tinder dry forest in northern Alberta on Sunday, allowing firefighters in the oilpatch city to focus on hotspots.

The Alberta government says changes are coming to further protect free speech on campuses as a former professor speaking out on so-called “woke” policies prepares for a showdown with the University of Lethbridge.