Beyond Local

“We are not out of the woods yet,” said a clearly exasperated Gondek, “because the job is not done yet. The feeder main that broke is not back online yet."

Airdrie Fire and RCMP were called to for reports of a residential fire to a house under construction on Thursday.

Police say a three-year-old boy has died after a pickup truck hit a family crossing a street in Edmonton.

Potential Alberta NDP members often turned off by requirement that they automatically become members of federal party, St. Albert MLA Marie Renaud says

In an interview Thursday, Ms. Clark said the by-election loss in Toronto-St. Paul’s is a sign that the Liberal Party needs a change

Prior to the collision, police were notified of two males who witnesses described as walking into traffic, allegedly trying to stop vehicles.

“His uses of force were proportionate, necessary, and reasonable,” states the decision report by assistant executive director Matthew Block.

A possible long-weekend strike at WestJet has been averted. The federal labour minister directed the airline and mechanics into binding arbitration to resolve their dispute which is all but certain to postpone the work stoppage.

The suspect was arrested by police and a search incidental to his arrest resulted in the seizure of $3,000 in cash, methamphetamine, oxycodone, cocaine and psilocybin, say police.

A potential strike by WestJet airplane mechanics would upend travel plans for 250,000 customers over the Canada Day long weekend, the airline says — and cost it millions of dollars.