Beyond Local

Two coal companies planning to develop mines in Alberta's Rocky Mountains say they hope to move forward despite new regulatory and political roadblocks.

The Province of Alberta is proposing two new plans to monitor water quality on the North Saskatchewan, Battle, and Upper Athabasca rivers.

The federal Conservatives are asking that the Public Health Agency of Canada's offices be searched after a public shaming of the agency's president failed to persuade him to turn over unredacted documents related to the firing of two of the country's highest-security laboratory scientists.

Data from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) shows its recent efforts to combat tax evasion by the super-rich have resulted in zero prosecutions or convictions.

Finlay Knox books ticket to Tokyo with Canadian record in 200m IM at trials

A new report grades Canadian governments in how they responded to the country's international promise to conserve at least 17 per cent of its land mass and 10 per cent of its oceans by 2020.

“We need to celebrate small victories. There’s been a lot of sacrifices made to get here, so we have to honour that," said Heather Jordan, who rang the church bells to celebrate Banff having no COVID cases for the first time since Oct. 1, 2020

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used his government's latest briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic to blame the Opposition Conservatives for blocking passage of its conversion therapy and net-zero bills. 

“The key is really to get ahead of that and right that behaviour so they don’t get overly habituated,” said Dan Rafla, a human-wildlife management specialist with Banff National Park.

“We want to ensure travellers feel safe, but we also want to encourage businesses to showcase what they are doing to keep everyone safe. Our businesses are very good at ensuring physical distancing. They’re continuously disinfecting high touch surfaces, they’re investing a lot of time and resources into keeping their travellers safe."