Beyond Local

CALGARY — A lawsuit has been filed against the Alberta government alleging its rules for supervised drug-use sites will have life and death consequences.

Katelyn Starr qualifies for the International Jump Rope Union world championships

“With equipment and experience and skill you can minimize that risk down to a lower level, but you can’t completely get rid of the risk."

BOWDEN, ALBERTA — A man who strangled his wife and cemented her body in a basement wall has again been denied day parole eight months before his statutory release from prison.

“Two scramblers were ascending a steep gully when one person was struck by rockfall that was generated by another party above them,”

EDMONTON — Alberta is reporting 817 new cases of COVID-19 — the highest daily count since mid-May.

EDMONTON — A judge has issued an arrest warrant for a man who failed to appear in court Wednesday on charges related to an attack on two Muslim women in an Edmonton parking lot.

CALGARY — Farmers in the Maritimes are pitching in to help their drought-stricken Prairie counterparts facing a "devastating" situation.

“The herd is still strong and healthy.  We still have 65 bison in the park, and I believe we had about 13 calves this year, so the population is still doing well.”

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says annual pace of inflation rose to 3.7 per cent in July, the biggest increase since May 2011. The year-over-year increase in the consumer price index compared with a 3.