Beyond Local

Treasury Department officials are currently studying the feasibility of Alberta going it alone on a provincial plan.

On Monday, Premier Jason Kenney told the house during question period that his government will sue the U.S. government to recoup the money under legacy rules tied to the old North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA.

Julian says the Conservatives have adopted a strategy of blocking the government legislative agenda, no matter the bill – a strategy he fears is giving the Liberals an excuse to go to the polls arguing that they need a majority to get things done.

“At the end of the day, it’s not the gun itself it's the person whose hands it's in,” said Banff-Airdrie MP Blake Richards.

Garth Frizzell, president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, welcomed the funding as a way to speed up work in cities to replace diesel buses.

A Kentucky man who had been charged for breaching quarantine in Banff last summer is believed to have been found dead at the Grand Canyon, according to the American National Park Service.

Enforcement of health orders has been a polarizing issue across Alberta.

Donating to a music scholarship in Bette-Joan Rac's name, collector Alex Archbold honours Edmonton piano teacher's legacy while fulfilling his own dreams

"There's been a notable marked increase (in assaults) following the pandemic. It's so pervasive right now," Daley says.

Convicted killer Zaineddin Al Aalak left his father's remains at D'Arcy residential site