Beyond Local

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Ottawa is one of the reasons why her government has placed a moratorium on approving new wind and solar power projects, arguing the feds are preventing development of backup generation for renewable energy.

Shortened by an opening night thunder storm, the thunder of drums continued through the weekend at the Beaver Lake Competition Powwow

Sprawling fresh-water 37 square kilometre lake near Port Alberni was victorious over Shuswap Lake in final round of voting.

A Northern Alberta woman lost her husband to cancer and her home to a fire just weeks apart.

Wildfires on both sides of Adams Lake in the B.C. Interior have prompted evacuation orders as crews continue to battle the blazes over the long weekend.

Lake Louise got so busy Sunday (Aug. 6) the Banff National Park hot spot had to be briefly shut off to most of the public.

REGINA — A competitive eater has smashed his own record for eating mini doughnuts at Regina's Queen City Ex.

Despite windy and dry conditions, fire under control after quick response.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials have approved the first pill specifically intended to treat severe depression after childbirth, a condition that affects thousands of new mothers in the U.S. each year.

“Off-highway vehicle use in the Bighorn Backcountry damages soil and vegetation, reduces water quality in the headwaters of the North Saskatchewan River, and destroys and degrades fish habitat."