Beyond Local

It is alleged a man produced a handgun and pointed it at the victims in a road rage incident in Cold Lake last month.

“Some individuals were canoeing and one of the individuals went into the water and was later found unconscious and transported to hospital,”

YELLOWKNIFE — Nearly all residents have left the capital of the Northwest Territories, where officials say the weather has helped slow the threat of an encroaching wildfire.

WEST KELOWNA — The wildfire battle in British Columbia continues today, focusing on the central Okanagan, where flames tore through West Kelowna suburbs and forced the evacuation of neighbouring Kelowna's University of B.C. campus.

Lucille Laboucan, a member of Fox Lake in Little Red River Cree Nation, has been living in Lac La Biche since early May with her son and daughter after the community located 850 kilometers north of Edmonton was evacuated.

LaGrange did not discuss the cost of the deal, saying there is a memorandum of understanding with Dynalife and those details are still being hashed out, but said action had to be taken.

Since the open range period of development at the turn of the 20th century first brought the cattle industry as we know it today to western Canada, there have always been those looking to make a quick buck off the theft and sale of cows.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 25.83 points at 34,500.66. The S&P 500 index was down 0.65 points at 4,369.71, while the Nasdaq composite was down 26.16 points at 13,290.78.

Marv Garriott has announced he'll be closing Marv’s Classic Soda Shop on the Labour Day weekend.

It is not clear if any structures at the resort north of Kelowna survived the fire.