Bitter cold will slam Canada with some lows plunging to -50 C

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is delivering prepared remarks to the province in her first live address since May 2025. Smith is expected to focus on the issue of immigration, as a record level of newcomers entering Alberta has heaped new strain on the province’s health care and education systems. Her remarks come amid rising separatist sentiments in the province, with a referendum on Alberta’s position in the federation likely to come later this year. At the same time, Smith’s address comes as the province’s pipeline deal with the federal government — widely viewed as a last-ditch...