The City of Edmonton warned people to stay away from the North Saskatchewan River late Friday afternoon because of the waterway's "rapidly rising water levels."

Biologists with Alberta Environment and Parks began an investigation earlier this week after learning of the fish kill. Fish and Wildlife was also notified.

An investigation is underway after dead fish washed up along the banks of the Bow River in Calgary.

Because of the risk of flooding, officials with Mackenzie County in northern Alberta said Friday night that a "voluntary evacuation is in effect" for some residents of the hamlet of Fort Vermilion.

Alberta environmentalists are opposing the provincial government's consideration of a hunting season for sandhill cranes and tundra swans.

The province said it would begin looking for partners to run the parks in May, adding the Alberta government is subsidizing a financially struggling system that needs to be modernized.

"The government needs to pay really close attention so that we don't lose the valuable resource that we have at hand."

The Village of Cereal, the village's foreman and a campground caretaker have pleaded guilty to improper application of a pesticide in a 2017 case that saw two dogs ingest strychnine and later die.

A Calgary-area horse sanctuary is at capacity and its owner is concerned about the fate of wild horses that could be rounded up next year.

Alberta's United Conservative government is eliminating stand-alone offices for climate change policy and environmental monitoring.