Beyond Local

"Energy is the best performing sector year-to-date and that feels like it's a trade that is going to keep going as the commodity rebounds."

Originally from Saddle Lake, Louise Bernice Halfe says she's honoured to be able to serve people from coast to coast with her new appointment as Parliamentary Poet Laureate.

In a statement Monday, the company said management no longer believes its hog slaughtering, cutting and deboning plant in Red Deer can be operated safely and efficiently.

The deal was struck under Google’s own model, News Showcase. Google has reached pay deals with more than 450 publications globally since News Showcase was launched in October.

Forty people took turns playing hockey on an outdoor rink 24 hours a day, seven days a week since Feb. 4 to raise $1.5 million for cancer research at the University of Alberta.

No one from the church could be reached for comment, but last week it posted a 1,600-word statement on its website explaining that it does not believe the spread of the virus is a critical public health threat.

The military was short of targets by about 2,000 regular-force members and nearly 5,000 reservists at the end of December.

Driving cattle on horseback to the base of the Rockies isn’t just history, but still a fact of life for Foothills ranchers.

The municipality had until Saturday at noon to switch services back over to AHS. The temporary injunction will be in place until March, when a cross-examination and more evidence can be heard in court.

He says he is choosing civil disobedience because his professional code of conduct requires that he protect the health of Canadians.