Beyond Local

Alberta’s newest United Conservative Party member of the legislature returned to the house Thursday to applause but also to an accusation that he is colluding with the Opposition NDP.

Blair David Johnson, who stands accused of manslaughter in the death of a 17-day-old baby, has been granted bail in Bonnyville Provincial Court contingent on several conditions.

Canada has designed a system with the potential to welcome millions of Ukrainians fleeing war to Canada, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said Thursday, as the government opened applications.

Close to 3,000 employees of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. could be off the job early Sunday morning.

Details of an economic impact study on a Calgary to Banff passenger train commissioned by the Province are under wraps.

Beginning April 1, vaccinated travellers will no longer need to show a COVID-19 test to enter Canada. Unvaccinated Canadians will continue to have to undergo some testing to re-enter the country after travel.

Ambulances stationed in a town south of Calgary responded to more calls in the city than local calls during the last 12 months.

RCMP say they have laid additional charges related to an almost three-week protest at Alberta's main U.S. border crossing at Coutts.

More lanes of traffic will need to slow down when passing roadside workers, emergency vehicles and tow trucks with their lights on after the Province announced changes to the Traffic Safety Act.

Didsbury RCMP distributed a photograph of Harley Arthur Dickinson, a former teacher, accused of sexual offences against a minor and are asking the public to speak to police if they know of any similar offences involving the now 72-year-old.