Beyond Local

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Suncor Energy Inc. says it is standing down mine operations at an oilsands site in northern Alberta following the deaths of two workers.

CALGARY — Contaminated water that leaked from an oilfield pipeline on Christmas Day has entered the North Saskatchewan River but has had no detectable impact on it, says a spokesman for Calgary-based oil and gas producer ARC Resources Ltd.

OTTAWA — The federal minister in charge of the government's push on child care says bringing down fees parents pay is a key ingredient in the Liberals' design for a national system.

EDMONTON — Many Canadians were not prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic, but Dave MacDonald wasn’t one of them.

Ranalli called the vaccine a "critical step in saving lives and protecting our residents and staff."

"Every toilet paper roll is sacred these days and we did our best to save what we could." 

COVID-19 has put a cork in most New Year's Eve events across Alberta, but there are several options to ring in 2021.

OTTAWA — A contagious new strain of the virus that causes COVID-19 has infiltrated two more regions of Canada, health officials said Sunday, a day after announcing the country's first cases of the variant had been detected.

If there was ever a case that proves dreams do come true, look no further than Airdrie author Perry Logan.

From homemade to home delivery, COVID-19 restrictions drastically changed the dining habits of Albertans in 2020.