Beyond Local

The Lytton Creek wildfire that burned the village was still listed as out of control on Friday morning and was about 64 square kilometres in size.

"I think it's an unfortunate way for people to be expressing their opinions today. This is a day for happiness and celebration, a day for family so it's an unfortunate way for them to be expressing that," said Tyler Shandro.

“The vehicle strike was not reported to Parks Canada, and it is unknown how the wolf accessed the highway,” said Justin Brisbane, a spokesperson for Banff National Park.

Premier denounces apparent "hate-motivated act of violence.” 

Given the thin ice they began with, researchers concluded that about 80 per cent of the open water could be attributed to natural variation – the weather. The rest, though, was climate change. 

“We believe that Gordie Sanderson was killed by associates of his involved in various criminal acts in the Edmonton area.”

The fiscal report says taxpayer-supported debt in Alberta sits at $93 billion. Some $2.5 billion a year is servicing the debt.

The Senate has passed a government bill to mandate the country reach net-zero emissions by 2050, doing so hours before the upper chamber was to rise for the summer and before a possible fall election.

“We’re in extreme fire danger pretty much everywhere in the park and so we’re in extreme preparedness level.”

Environmental groups and First Nations say they are pleased the federal government is adding another proposed coal mine in Alberta's Rocky Mountains to the list of projects it will review.