Beyond Local

Parks Canada is ramping up plans for logging and prescribed fire work to reduce the risk of a catastrophic wildfire to the Banff townsite following decades of fire suppression in surrounding forests throughout the national park.

An Alberta Justice disagreed with a proposed sentence of custody and probation for a Boyle-area woman without shelter who was arrested for sleeping in an apartment building to escape freezing temperatures.

The leader of Alberta’s Opposition NDP says it’s time to fire Health Minister Adriana LaGrange given new allegations surrounding high-level corruption in medical contracts.

Airdrie friends Julie Hazelwanter and Cheryl Mass can't help but think of their sons as fentanyl dominates tariff talks between Canada and the U.S.

The Conversation explores why men don't have a holiday to celebrate friendship between bros.

A known female cougar has been killed by hunters near Gap Lake earlier this week, leaving the fate of her two orphaned kittens uncertain.

Arrests and search warrants were conducted in Edmonton, Montreal and Red Deer with a total of 23 charges related to human trafficking offences laid.

 According to the Canadian Federation of Library Associations’ database, in 2022/ 2023 in Alberta, there were 39 challenges reported, of which 74 per cent were attempts to have 2SLGBTQI+ related-books restricted or have "Drag Storytime" events cancelled. 

“There’s going to be a lot of people running around with guns, so is someone going to shoot a grizzly? Are they trained in wildlife aversion?”

How to protect your home from rain, floods, hail, wildfires and wind according to the founder of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction at Western University.