Beyond Local

Two men and their injured dog spent a long, cold night in the Rocky Mountains with their two rescuers after the scramblers' attempt to take a shortcut earlier that day went horribly wrong.

Across the country, the number of animals culled due to the avian influenza outbreak had nearly reached three-quarters of a million earlier this week. One Central Alberta County has five locations with a presence of the illness and culling is underway.

Sunwing Airlines Inc. says thousands of passengers remain stranded and the start of vacations delayed for others as the company continues to struggle with a technical problem that has grounded flights.

Ottawa convoy protest organizer Pat King is now facing perjury and obstruction of justice charges related to testimony he gave at his bail review hearing last week.

A victim was shot after confronting a person who was allegedly attempting to steal a vehicle in Northern Alberta. The victim was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

There were 1,053 hospitalizations in Alberta last week due to COVID-19 and an 18 per cent increase of hospitalizations across Canada during that time.

Rugby Canada struggles with leadership issues, athlete relations.

A Southern Alberta family is fighting a COVID related battle with their 4-year-old son that shows how serious and long-lasting the effects can be. Xavier Ferguson has been in the hospital since April 1.

Vancouver is back in the running to host games when the FIFA World Cup comes to Canada in 2026. FIFA announced Thursday that the city has joined Edmonton and Toronto as candidate host cities after officials made a visit to the BC Place stadium.

A veteran RCMP officer and the Sgt. at a Central Alberta detachment says repeat offenders need help finding purpose and hope on path to successfully reintegrating into society, but are not being supported.