Beyond Local

Reaction to the absence of a giant Christmas tree in Edmonton's Churchill Square has turned racist, according to the city's manager and the chair of its downtown business organization.

A 44-year-old Westlock woman faces four charges of drug trafficking, plus one count of possession of unstamped cigarettes.

Whitecourt RCMP officers were initially charged with criminal negligence causing death, but the charges were later upgraded to manslaughter.

Kyla Rose was still a few months away from being born the last time Canada played in the FIFA World Cup in 1986.

The report, which described wildlife and human habitat blurring during the flood, found 59 substances exceeded pan-Canadian environmental quality guidelines, and in some cases, concentrations grew as flood waters receded.

“It’s a real good sign to be picking up where I left off last year."

OTTAWA — The Canadian government has spent billions trying to solve the country's housing crisis. But when it comes to fixing the prime minister's own crumbling official residence? That's a different story.

OTTAWA — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling on Canada to help on a long-term peace plan with Russia. The Ukrainian leader made the request in a pre-recorded video address to an international security conference in Halifax.

OTTAWA — The families of Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. will be the big winners if the $26-billion proposed merger goes through and low-income Canadians will be left even further behind, an economics professor said Friday.

CALGARY — It's been eight years since Canadian securities regulators instituted so-called comply-or-explain rules in an effort to increase the number of women in the nation's corporate boardrooms and executive offices.