Beyond Local

RCMP say one person is in serious condition after he was shot by an officer outside a courthouse in Ponoka, Alta. Cpl. Troy Savinkoff says police were called about 9:30 a.m. to the Ponoka courthouse.

An Alberta senior has received a rare 50-years of service badge at an Edmonton Woolco turned Walmart. "A lot of shoppers have been coming here since I've been here," said 77-year-old Donna Batiuk has seen decades of change and said the key to keeping a job is a good attitude.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says a recall has been issued for Hampton House brand chicken nuggets due to a possible salmonella risk. The nuggets distributed by JD Sweid Foods were sold in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Alberta schools, municipalities and businesses are expressing dismay, relief and confusion as they scramble to adapt to the province lifting COVID-19 public health rules with what they say was no consultation and little advance notice.

‘Being a first responder – whether that's law enforcement, military, ambulance, fire – there's a price to be paid,’ says Dan Heney, regional fire chief with the Bonnyville Regional Fire Authority, responding to additional mental health funding announced by the Province.

A long line of trucks is building at Alberta's main crossing into the United States as protesters against pandemic restrictions once again block the highway leading to the border village of Coutts.

Acting Minister of Justice and Solicitor General Sonya Savage called the protest "intolerable" and said that it has crossed the line.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he will announce later today a plan to reduce COVID-19 health restrictions. Kenney says it will be a prudent timeline to lift the rules provided pressure on hospitals continues to decline.

Two years into the pandemic, here is a look at how long-term care facilities and workers are coping.

The future of a popular weed killer for public use is again under review after a Federal Court of Appeal decision that determined Health Canada will have to consider concerns over the ingredient glyphosate.