Beyond Local

CALGARY — The Alberta NDP is promising to build more hospitals, schools and light-rail transit lines in Calgary if the party is elected on May 29. Leader Rachel Notley is to make an announcement to spend $1.

OTTAWA — The RCMP says it expects officers in three parts of the country to start field-testing body-worn cameras in the coming days.

A Nova Scotia man has filed a federal human rights complaint alleging discrimination after his husband's dying wish to donate bodily tissues such as skin and bones was denied due to his sexual orientation.

EDMONTON — United Conservative candidate and deputy premier Nathan Neudorf says he's concerned Albertans are abusing hospital emergency wards by going there for minor ailments and procedures.

Indigenous Services Canada says wildfires are threatening nine First Nations in Alberta, including the Little Red River Cree Nation, where more than 100 structures have been lost in the community of Fox Creek.

CALGARY — The United Conservative Party is promising to make life more affordable for seniors in Alberta.

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Anita Anand announced Wednesday that Canadian military members and their Latvian counterparts will begin training Ukrainian soldiers in Latvia as soon as next week.

CALGARY — A Chinese ban on Canadian beef that industry officials expected would be short-lived remains in place 17 months later, and industry representatives say they remain in the dark about the reasons.

VANCOUVER — Environment Canada has blanketed all of Alberta and most of British Columbia in special heat advisories as daytime temperatures are expected to soar up to 15 degrees above normal over the next several days. In B.C.

The CBC and Radio-Canada are returning to Twitter after pausing activity last month over their designation as "government-funded media" by the social media platform.