Beyond Local

A group of video game testers has formed Microsoft's first labor union in the U.S., which will also be the largest in the video game industry.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran released a prominent actress from an Oscar-winning film on Wednesday, nearly three weeks after she was jailed for criticizing a crackdown on anti-government protests, local reports said.

EDMONTON — Some Ukrainian hockey players practising on the ice in Western Canada say hockey is life.

LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators on Wednesday hit Facebook parent Meta with hundreds of millions in fines for privacy violations and banned the company from forcing users in the 27-nation bloc to agree to personalized ads based on their online activity.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia has become the first province to require a three-day cooling-off period for buyers after they've signed an agreement to purchase a home.

Alberta screen industry is looking back on a successful 2022, which featured a number of big-budget productions, and looks forward to a booming 2023.

Religiously speaking, the incoming 118th Congress looks like America — that is, the America of decades past, rather than today. Congress is far more Christian, and religious overall, than today's general population.

WASHINGTON (AP) — As members of the Proud Boys extremist group stormed past police lines and swarmed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 , their leader cheered them on from afar, prosecutors say. “Do what must be done,” Enrique Tarrio wrote on social media.

EDMONTON — Aurora Cannabis Inc. says it has closed the sale of its Aurora Polaris facility. The company says gross proceeds from the sale totalled about $15 million.

After months of legal wrangling, disagreements, letters, emails and phone calls with Alberta wildlife department officials, the Cochrane Ecological Institute (CEI) gained a bit of closure in December.