Beyond Local

VANCOUVER — Four children under the age of 10 who had streptococcal infections have died since mid-December, in what the BC Centre for Disease Control says is part of a surge in such infections.

The Alberta Energy Regulator should be overseeing a proposed biodigester near High River because it is a fuel-producing facility producing combustible gas, says High River's town council in an appeal.

CALGARY — Police say the death of a woman in front of a Calgary elementary school should be reviewed by a provincial committee that analyzes family violence cases.

With possible water shortage looming, MVRWSC tells Innisfail, Bowden, Olds, Didsbury, Carstairs and Crossfield to ensure water is used for domestic, municipal purposes

“I think a lot of people think the answers to our housing issues are quite simple and what we should do as leaders are quite simple and I don’t subscribe to that thinking,”

This will warm your heart. A Northern Alberta senior whose pipes were frozen due to a lack of firewood to warm his house now has a large stack thanks to a call out from a caring neighbour.

Ice is clear, crystalline, complicated, and critical

“I am hopeful that we can resolve this issue with more time, because patios help to make a more enjoyable experience for residents and visitors in Banff.”

Alberta and Ontario power generation companies have partnered to study the feasibility of and deployment of grid-scale small modular reactors (SMRs) as a source of clean, nuclear energy in Alberta.

Of greater concern for Alberta-based beekeeping operations than American foulbrood, said Kevin Nixon of Nixon Honey Farm, is the varroa mite parasite