Beyond Local

WASHINGTON (AP) — As members of the Proud Boys extremist group stormed past police lines and swarmed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 , their leader cheered them on from afar, prosecutors say. “Do what must be done,” Enrique Tarrio wrote on social media.

EDMONTON — Aurora Cannabis Inc. says it has closed the sale of its Aurora Polaris facility. The company says gross proceeds from the sale totalled about $15 million.

After months of legal wrangling, disagreements, letters, emails and phone calls with Alberta wildlife department officials, the Cochrane Ecological Institute (CEI) gained a bit of closure in December.

OSHAWA, Ont. — Ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, gold medallists at last month's ISU Grand Prix Final, will miss next week's Canadian figure skating championships after Gilles underwent an appendectomy.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tech companies of all sizes are showing off their latest products at CES , formerly known as the Consumer Electronics show.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian military’s top brass came under increasing scrutiny Wednesday as more details emerged of how at least 89 Russian soldiers, and possibly many more, were killed in a Ukrainian artillery attack on a single building.

OTTAWA — Canada is marking the first National Ribbon Skirt Day on Wednesday, an event inspired by a young Saskatchewan girl who was shamed for wearing one to school several years ago.

OTTAWA — The chair of the House of Commons transport committee on Tuesday called forSunwing Airlines and Via Rail to publicly explain what caused the travel nightmare that plagued thousands of Canadians over the holidays.

CALGARY — The Calgary Real Estate Board says home sales in the region ended the year on a record high even though December sales fell 31 per cent from a year ago.

Sunwing says it has completed all of its scheduled recovery flights to bring home passengers stranded in Mexico as federal officials and travellers call for the company to be held accountable for the chaos during the holidays.