Beyond Local

A former Alberta justice minister is to be sanctioned after the provincial law society determined he "undermined respect for the administration of justice" when he phoned Edmonton's police chief after receiving a traffic ticket.

Interim housing will be located at the northeast end of town, along Connaught Drive adjacent to the future RCMP detachment and on a site called 2B just south of Highway 16.

According to the AGLC, that liquor sales in the new restaurant-format 7-Eleven will not be impacted despite the recent decision by the provincial government to ban alcohol sales in grocery and convenience stores.

PEACE RIVER, Alta. — The operator of a pulp mill in northwestern Alberta has been fined $1 million for letting almost 31 million litres of toxic wastewater flow into the Peace River.

A collision between a motorcyclist and pick-up track happened on Highway 22 north of Longview Sunday Oct. 13.

A man in his 50s was taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries while hiking in the area of Upper Kananaskis Lakes Sunday afternoon.

A woman in her 50s died after she was thrown from her horse while riding in the area of Ya Ha Tinda Road, police said.

"Unpaid work won't fly."

An editorial published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal says it's time to invest in early pregnancy assessment clinics that can provide proper care during and after a miscarriage, which can have devastating effects.

Don Crews of Lloydminster once again won the prize for biggest pumpkin, with one monster specimen weighing in at a whopping 2,137 pounds.