Beyond Local

Five things to think about if you're considering gifting money to your child to help buy a home.

Piikani hunters shot and killed a young male bison within the boundaries of Banff National Park on Oct. 9 in the first traditional bison hunt in the area in 150 years.

Albertans stepped up during a wildfire season that put provincial resources to the test but nonetheless decimated Jasper municipality, the legislature heard Oct. 28.

“It’s minute-to-minute, hour-to-hour. Where do we go from here? Who do we contact?” says Matthew Parker of St.Albert who has been living in a hotel with his girlfriend and their three kids since their townhouse burned in a multi-unit blaze Friday.

A British Columbia judge has granted an urgent injunction stopping an Alberta woman's medically assisted death, the day before it was scheduled to take place in Vancouver.

A list of Western Canada's ski hill opening days.

A proposed solar plant north of Westlock was originally slated to be operational by December, but after months of review, the Alberta Utilities Commission has decided the project won’t be built.

"The updated development policies will facilitate our community's recovery as well as improve our preparedness for future wildfires and help address housing shortages."

Alberta's Infrastructure Minister Peter Guthrie says he accepted free Edmonton Oilers NHL playoff tickets and says it did not contravene government conflict-of-interest rules.

Aurora Peat Products will have to pay thousands after a contractor for their company was pulled over driving a vehicle with no insurance after a former executive had agreed to insure the vehicle, even though they no longer owned it.