Grande Prairie

In Alberta, people in the Grande Prairie region are under evacuation alerts and some have been asked to leave due to a blaze burning 4km east of the hamlet of TeePee Creek in the province's northwest.

As the number of evacuees in Grande Prairie and St. Albert, on the northern outskirts of Edmonton, increased, both cities announced their centers reached their full capacities and redirected all arriving evacuees to a new center in Leduc south of the provincial capital of Edmonton.

I spoke with Dr. Alika Lafontaine, the president of the medical association, who practices anesthesia in Grande Prairie, Alberta.

Grande Prairie Mayor Jackie Clayton said in a video posted online that the incident with Freeland was “a disgusting display of hatred and abuse.”

In the video of the incident shared on Twitter late on Friday, Freeland was approaching the elevator of a city hall building in Grande Prairie, Alberta, when one man shouted at her.