Beyond Local

The Senate has passed a government bill to mandate the country reach net-zero emissions by 2050, doing so hours before the upper chamber was to rise for the summer and before a possible fall election.

“We’re in extreme fire danger pretty much everywhere in the park and so we’re in extreme preparedness level.”

Environmental groups and First Nations say they are pleased the federal government is adding another proposed coal mine in Alberta's Rocky Mountains to the list of projects it will review.

Health Canada is updating the label for the Oxford-AstraZeneca and COVISHIELD COVID-19 vaccines to add capillary leak syndrome as a potential side-effect.

Kananaskis Public Safety specialists responded to 21 call-outs from Friday through Sunday, including a wingsuit jumper caught in trees to a man swept over Elbow Falls.

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health says COVID-19 numbers continue to fall but the plan is to remain vigilant as the province prepares to fully reopen Thursday.

Police are investigating a fire at the Siksika First Nation Catholic Church.

Family members of a woman who was killed in a Edmonton hotel room say the pain they continue to feel a decade after her death is unspeakable.

An Alberta judge has found a Calgary pastor, his brother and a cafe owner guilty of contempt for deliberately violating COVID-19 health orders.

Two hockey players from Airdrie were arrested June 16 in relation to a Calgary Police Services (CPS) investigation that rendered the seizure of more than $1 million worth of street drugs, including fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine.