Beyond Local

The RCMP Serious Crimes Branch is still investigating the disappearance of five-year-old Leonine O’Driscoll-Zak and two-year-old Wyatt O’Driscoll-Zak, from Cochrane.

Harrigan questioned why the province is having contract talks with other public sector unions during the pandemic but wants the UNA to put its deal on pause.

As part of Town of Bonnyville council's priority for economic growth in the area, council wants to invite members of the provincial government for a tour to see the area.

Freediving is a sport normally associated with the warm waters of Hawaii or the Caribbean, but Lorenza Malaguti’s passion for the little-known sport has led her to practice it in extreme conditions

There were no injuries after an intermodal car from a CP freight train derailed in Field, B.C. Saturday morning.

"Telling municipalities, they’re on the hook for 10 per cent … It would devastate them for years to come,” Morishita said. 

EPR consultations will be done via stakeholder meetings with municipalities, while the general public can provide feedback through an online survey

Hussen said dollars have been stretched in the program and the government is now on track to create 4,700 units, with about two-fifths of them for Indigenous people.

Right now, the province has dropped below its benchmark of 300 hospitalizations to enter the next phase of reopening. Step 3 can begin as early as Monday, but it is not yet known if that will happen.

"(Government) proposed a number of things, including the reallocation of almost 40 per cent of the water from agriculture to coal. People are very distressed this proposal was made," said NDP Leader Rachel Notley.