Beyond Local

Alberta’s grasslands are stable, long-term carbon sinks, and a project led by University of Alberta researchers aims to store an additional 32.5 megatonnes of carbon in the prairie soil.

An RCMP vehicle was reportedly involved in a hit-and-run on Hwy. 2 north of Okotoks on Nov. 2.

A GoFundMe created for the owner of Prairie Spirit Alpacas is about one-third of the way to its $100,000 goal following a fire last month.

In one dramatic sweep by the province, the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s board of governors was dissolved.

This month, the province has made two announcements that could lead to some easing of staffing issues in rural Alberta.

The rehab centre is in southern Alberta and will be released in the spring

CANMORE – Alberta Health Services has shut down a home in Canmore’s posh Silvertip neighbourhood, where there have been several police raids.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government is promising reforms to reduce high auto insurances costs, but the Official Opposition says the changes are so soft and cosmetic they do little for drivers getting walloped by high premiums.

The cause of carbon monoxide poisoning in Airdrie was determined to be a vehicle left idling inside the attached garage.

At the Reimagining Rural Economic Development Conference in Camrose on Thursday, speakers shared examples from Wisconsin co-ops that could help rural Alberta deal with pressing community needs and problems that lie ahead