Beyond Local

CALGARY — The latest edition of the TSX Venture 50 list shows investors are increasingly snapping up stocks with any sort of energy transition theme.

LVIV, Ukraine — Ukraine wants Canada to lend its expertise — and donate crucial railway parts — to keep its embattled passenger and cargo rail system running as landmines and missile strikes threaten to stall the country's lifeline.

Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended Moscow’s participation in the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States, announcing the move Tuesday in a bitter speech in which he made clear he would not change his strategy in the war in Ukraine.

CALGARY — The Alberta government has announced a two per cent cap on post-secondary tuition increases starting in fiscal year 2024-2025 to help students with the increased cost of living.

LAVAL, Que. — The man charged with killing two young children when the bus he was driving slammed into a daycare had to be helped into a Laval courtroom by corrections officers on Friday, where a judge ordered he undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

Inflation and the economy are hard on everyone, but these tips may help.

The trial of a Canadian soldier accused of trying to kill her children by setting fire to her CFB Edmonton home continued Monday, where former CFB Fire Chief, Joseph Mayer, and investigator, Jean Grenier, testified. Crown prosecutor Dallas Sopko said the fire was the final act in a bitter custody battle. The woman — who cannot be identified under a publication ban to protect the identities of the children — faces two counts of arson and three counts of attempted murder related to the 2015 fire.

EDMONTON — Alberta’s health minister says there will be $158 million in the upcoming budget to attract more physicians and other health-care professionals to fill gaps in care.

EDMONTON — Bank of Canada deputy governor Paul Beaudry says returning inflation to the central bank's two per cent target is critical because high and volatile inflation makes the economy inefficient and businesses less competitive.

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith will turn to a panel of five oilpatch veterans to advise her government on the future of Alberta's energy industry. The panel will be chaired by David Yager, a longtime writer on the oilpatch.