Beyond Local

Safety alert: Canada-wide recall issued for dry shampoo, hair spray due to chemical hazard

Check your medicine cabinets!

Dec 21, 2021 11:15 AM Read more >

Feds moving to ban plastic straws, bags by end of 2022: Guilbeault

Plastic stir sticks, cutlery, six-pack rings, bags, and Styrofoam takeout containers will be eliminated entirely.

Dec 21, 2021 10:44 AM Read more >

Commons Speaker reflects on dispute over secret documents on scientists' firing

The Conservatives are now reviewing their "next steps" to pull the wraps off what they call a Liberal coverup.

Dec 20, 2021 4:07 PM Read more >

Key B.C. highway reopens to truck traffic after severe flood damage

The Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt reopened just after 8:30 a.m. on Monday to commercial traffic and intercity buses.

Dec 20, 2021 2:15 PM Read more >

'She is no more': Icefield rollover survivor who lost wife wants report released

The RCMP has not released the report into the rollover. It was initially promised by the spring of this year and then the fall. Now it's not expected until next spring.

Dec 20, 2021 1:00 PM Read more >

Alberta justice dismisses doctors' requests to be exempt from vaccine policy

Henderson said Alberta Health Services is willing to meet the doctors in court in mid-March to reassess their dismissals once the agency is able to gather enough evidence.

Dec 20, 2021 11:15 AM Read more >

More restrictions, more boosters in provinces today as Omicron threat looms

Canada reported thousands of new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend as the Omicron variant continued its rapid spread.

Dec 20, 2021 10:02 AM Read more >

Learning to Break the Fake

Rotarians get crash course in identifying fake news

Dec 19, 2021 10:15 AM Read more >

RCMP report sightings of Millarville fraudsters in Kelowna

Millarville couple alleged to have defrauded $1.3 M spotted out west

Dec 18, 2021 12:15 PM Read more >

Airdrie resident Lovepreet Deo takes home Premier Council’s Award for disability advocacy

An Airdrie resident who has overcome physical barriers to become an accomplished athlete and advocate for those living with disabilities – namely cerebral palsy - has won a Premier Council’s Award for her public awareness and advocacy efforts.

Dec 18, 2021 8:15 AM Read more >