Beyond Local

“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.

Access to outpatient care for COVID-19 patients is expanding to more pharmacies across the province this week.

A candidate in the last municipal election from Southern Alberta has been sentenced for one count of tax evasion, to which he pled guilty back in November.

Paul McLauchlin, president of RMA, said rural communities want to work with the RCMP to fix any problems and help making policing better in the province.

An Alberta long distance runner is going to take on whatever mother nature throws at him this weekend to raise funds for the Red Cross to support their efforts in Ukraine.