Beyond Local

The golden girl factor - female friendships, whether forged in childhood or found in later decades, are critical to health and well-being.

A 112-year-old heritage house should not be demolished says a Banff heritage group. Redevelopment could see the Queen Anne style home in Banff's downtown destroyed.

It's budget day in Alberta, and Premier Jason Kenney says there will be a massive infusion of money for the health-care system.

The Canadian government has signed an agreement with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to procure 100,000 doses of a COVID-19 antibody therapy that's still under review by Health Canada.

At a COVID 19 update press conference Feb. 23, Health Minister Jason Copping said surgical volume is at 95 per cent, and cancer treatment is returning to pre-pandemic levels.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government can revoke the Emergencies Act now that the crisis in Ottawa and at Canada's border crossings has calmed down.

One of Canada's biggest food manufacturers has halted shipments to the country's largest grocer in an extreme example of how inflation is impacting the food industry and driving a wedge between some retailers and suppliers.

A Calgary man has been charged in an alleged fraud and romance scam that targeted women in Alberta and B.C.

“If you've got two municipalities that are relatively close, one has a really nice arena and the other has a really nice rec centre, it would be redundant for the two municipalities to build what the other one already has,” said Tyler Gandam, Alberta Municipalities vice-president for cities up to 500,000.

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from jet fuel by developing a sustainable aviation fuel industry in Canada is the aim of a new group that includes a consortium of 60 airlines.