Beyond Local

“There's more COVID cases in our community than we've seen since the beginning,” Paul McLauchlin, reeve of Ponoka County, said.

During a ‘Free Alberta’ strategy press conference on Sept. 28, Airdrie-East MLA and Deputy Speaker Angela Pitt openly stated that she no longer has confidence in Premier Jason Kenney.

Unless COVID-19 brings us or our loved ones into hospital, most don't understand the weight health care workers are bearing through the pandemic, union reps say.

“They surprised each other and she charged and attacked the gentleman. It was a short duration attack of about 30 seconds, and during that time he sustained injuries basically from head to toe, and she disengaged from the attack.”

A popular Langdon pub and live music venue is bringing back in-person dining and performances on Sept. 23 following a temporary shut-down - a result of threatening messages received on social media after the decision to opt into the Alberta government’s vaccine passport program.

Greetings and well-wishes poured in from across the country after the return of the men who have come to be known around the world as "The Two Michaels."

"The public and judicial resources dedicated to a jury trial are both scarce and precious, especially right now. Needlessly increasing the risk that a trial run under these circumstances is aborted due to a COVID 19 infection would bring the administration of justice into disrepute in the eyes of the public." 

Parks and other physicians, meanwhile, are urging Kenney to put in a "firebreak" to reverse the slew of new infections, starting with shutting down schools and banning mass gatherings, such as sports events.

Of the 82 bird species in the study, 80 per cent of them changed their behaviour in places where the pandemic had altered circumstances.

Elections Canada said today that 12 ridings have not started counting mail ballots.