Charges are pending against a 29-year-old man after a police chase through three communities ended in a collision south of Edmonton Thursday morning.

Police were told a vehicle travelling from Edmonton was followed and eventually shot at by occupants of a suspicious vehicle.

The City of Beaumont is reopening a number of amenities on Friday that had previously been closed in an effort to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Police say they believe a shooter didn't mean any harm and for now they are not laying charges after six homes in Beaumont, Alta., were hit when gunshots rang out at around 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning.

There's a lot less air traffic these days, but one aspiring pilot had the whole runway to himself.

The City of Beaumont announced new measures on Tuesday to ease the financial burden of people in the community struggling amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.

The City of Leduc is the latest Alberta municipality to declare a state of local emergency in an effort to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic which had already seen 74 confirmed cases across the province on Monday.

A home under construction in the city of Beaumont was engulfed in flames and destroyed Monday evening.

The communities include Beaumont, Devon, Fort Saskatchewan, Leduc, Leduc County, Morinville, Parkland County, Spruce Grove, Strathcona County, Stony Plain and Sturgeon County.

RCMP south of Edmonton are searching for a suspect after a truck with two children inside was stolen earlier this week.