Beyond Local

While the unemployment rate in the oil and gas industry does not look as dire as last year, labour remains a big and real concern for companies operating in the Bonnyville area.

Haribo gummy candies recalled in Alberta.

Albertans —“especially rural Albertans” — deserve clarity about the province’s policing plans after contradictory UCP statements, the NDP’s public safety and emergency services critic told the legislative assembly Oct. 28.

Far from a moose, beaver, or polar bear, a recent study published in the journal The Canadian Field-Naturalist has found the country’s most evolutionarily distinct Canadian animal is the spiny softshell turtle, otherwise known as Apalone spinifera. 

Five things to think about if you're considering gifting money to your child to help buy a home.

A British Columbia judge has granted an urgent injunction stopping an Alberta woman's medically assisted death, the day before it was scheduled to take place in Vancouver.

A list of Western Canada's ski hill opening days.

A proposed solar plant north of Westlock was originally slated to be operational by December, but after months of review, the Alberta Utilities Commission has decided the project won’t be built.

A 54-year-old woman was hit by a small electric vehicle on Cold Lake’s Millennium Trail and seriously injured on Oct. 28.

Alberta's Infrastructure Minister Peter Guthrie says he accepted free Edmonton Oilers NHL playoff tickets and says it did not contravene government conflict-of-interest rules.