Beyond Local

The cougar was able feed on most of the dead elk before Parks Canada removed the carcass for public safety reasons.

Tracy Allard, a United Conservative backbencher for Grande Prairie, said she was travelling to Edmonton on Sunday afternoon when she got a call about a large crowd in front of her house.

Newfoundland has nine people at the meetings and Manitoba has six. Ontario has four, as does the Northwest Territories. Quebec has 36 representatives. 

Trails Act would allow some trails to be designated for specific uses, such as hiking or for off-highway vehicles.

“We are all relieved that Karsten has such amazing medical care and will be back in the community doing the things he loves,” said friend Colleen Campbell

One student taken to hospital as a precaution and may have concussion; otherwise, no injuries reported

Just days before opening for the season, skiers, boarders and tubers wanting to access local ski slopes will either have to follow Alberta's Restrictions Exemption Program or provide vaccination verification at three of the four resorts this winter.

Local authorities acted quickly to rescue an injured BASE jumper stuck on the side of EEOR on Sunday.

The visibility of property taxes makes it more challenging for municipalities to raise the rates, says an expert on municipal finance.

Michael Houghton, the institute's other director and a Nobel laureate, said the initiative would focus on so-called "small-molecule" drugs — chemically-synthesized drugs that make up the great majority of what's in people's medicine cabinets. Ibuprofen, for example, is a small-molecule drug.