Beyond Local

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — A mother who has pleaded guilty to failing to provide the necessaries of life to her six-week-old baby will spend less than two years in jail.

Olds RCMP Staff Sgt. called seizure of drugs, weapons, arrests a successful operation targeting a repeat offender and his associates.

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PHOTOS: Witnesses watched multiple pods of orcas swimming off Gabriola Island.

“Some individuals were canoeing and one of the individuals went into the water and was later found unconscious and transported to hospital,”

YELLOWKNIFE — Nearly all residents have left the capital of the Northwest Territories, where officials say the weather has helped slow the threat of an encroaching wildfire.

WEST KELOWNA — The wildfire battle in British Columbia continues today, focusing on the central Okanagan, where flames tore through West Kelowna suburbs and forced the evacuation of neighbouring Kelowna's University of B.C. campus.

LaGrange did not discuss the cost of the deal, saying there is a memorandum of understanding with Dynalife and those details are still being hashed out, but said action had to be taken.

Since the open range period of development at the turn of the 20th century first brought the cattle industry as we know it today to western Canada, there have always been those looking to make a quick buck off the theft and sale of cows.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 25.83 points at 34,500.66. The S&P 500 index was down 0.65 points at 4,369.71, while the Nasdaq composite was down 26.16 points at 13,290.78.