Beyond Local

This focus is critical because fossil fuel production must drop six per cent per year for the next decade in order to stay within Paris Agreement goals, according to the UN Production Gap report.

The North American composite lumber price also rose about one per cent to an all-time high of US$979.

TC also noted that the viability of certain projects currently associated with the Keystone XL pipeline was also being reviewed.

Benita Pedersen faces more than $2,000 in fines under the Public Health Act

One amendment would allow people who fear losing mental capacity to make advance requests for an assisted death.

The next phase of Alberta's staged reopening plan could start as soon as March 1 and includes the potential easing of restrictions on banquet halls, indoor fitness and retail.

Canmore-based Alpine Club of Canada suspends hut bookings to protect caribou in Jasper's Tonquin backcountry, where a herd of caribou is on the brink of extinction.

The bill introduced Thursday would also allow for greater use of conditional sentences, such as house arrest, counselling or treatment, for people who do not pose a threat to public safety.

The court has agreed to hear the appeal of Jesse Dallas Hills, who pleaded guilty to four charges from a 2014 incident in Lethbridge, in which he swung a baseball bat and shot at a car with a bolt-action rifle, smashed the window of a vehicle and fired rounds into a family home.

Spokesperson Charles Drouin says the accounts were not compromised but were locked as a preventive measure.