Beyond Local

A national lettuce shortage is causing some to rethink what they eat, but a demand for the leafy green vegetable is proving to be a benefit for Cold Lake Fresh Farms Inc. hydroponic grow-op. 

“They weren’t intimidated to spend the night out camping and they were in good health and good spirits,” he said.

OTTAWA — Health Canada officials say a large foreign supply of children’s ibuprofen and acetaminophen is expected to start showing up on pharmacy and retail shelves next week.

CALGARY — The issue of contract worker safety at oil and gas sites has once again been thrust into the spotlight after an explosion that claimed the lives of two people in northern Alberta Saturday.

CALGARY — A cardiac surgeon in Calgary has spearheaded a move to send medical and surgical supplies to Ukraine after seeing a doctor there treat open-heart surgery patients in a bomb shelter. Dr.

Teens missing since midnight November 16

City of Edmonton still dealing with a Shigella outbreak.

AUPE President Guy Smith says provincial government must seek input from frontline workers "who know what the real issues are."

OTTAWA — New labour data offers a snapshot of COVID-19’s toll on health-care workers during the earlier part of the pandemic.

OTTAWA — Canada's economy was already facing uncertainty when protests against COVID-19 restrictions blockaded borders and occupied downtown Ottawa last winter, the top civil servant at the Finance Department said Thursday.