Beyond Local

The Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly, with its exquisite black, orange and white patterns, was once abundant in Greater Victoria. Then it disappeared.

The eye-watering sensation of a swab up the nose will no longer be a cost of admission to Canada for vaccinated travellers as of Friday.

The St. Albert RCMP have charged a teacher with sexual exploitation and making child pornography.

Minister of Education Adriana LaGrange tabled a bill in the legislature today, which would see the Alberta Teacher's Association stripped of its disciplinary powers.

“On the day before the accident, the locomotive engineer who lost his life had descended Field hill on a grain train using maximum available braking. The safety hazard report he had prepared about the event was recovered from the accident site, but he never had the opportunity to submit it.”

“When it started, I thought it was a nightmare. We couldn’t sleep. We were just together, reading the news, hearing of the bombings, artillery shelling. … I’m waiting for my mom to text me ‘I’m alive’. That was my two weeks of hell."

There is no indication that foul play is involved in the disappearance of a Southern Alberta man who has been missing for four days say RCMP.

Health Canada has issued a warning for children's Paw Patrol water bottles sold in Dollarama stores across the country.

A StatCan report shows an 80-per-cent increase in incidents motivated by race, ethnicity in 2020.

Premier Jason Kenney said proposed legislation for Judge applicants to have sexual assault law and social context issues education will help protect sexual assault victims and encourage more reporting of sex crimes.