Beyond Local

Every house has defects and any gap or crack in a house, even the size of a fingernail, can let in harmful amounts of radon gas, says Alberta scientist.

OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government plans a $600-million package of loans and funding to help make it easier and cheaper to build homes for owners and renters.

Do not approach the mother, police say. Call 911.

“Atmospheric, sea surface and land temperatures are presently off the charts in both hemispheres. What we are seeing is beyond the worst-case projections of all climate model scenarios."

With the first bear sighting around Jasper comes the first reminder about public safety in bear country.

On April 3, the Calgary Police Service arrested the officer after an investigation into a report of an assault which occurred in Calgary on Saturday, March 9. 

A Southern Alberta Ag Society that rents out a home won't comment on a $2,000 rent increase they have notified their tenant about through text messages.

An autopsy was completed at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Calgary on April 4. Police are treating the death as a homicide.

Last year's record wildfires in Alberta destroyed habitat for threatened species and will change the makeup of the province's forests for decades to come, says a new report.

On Tuesday, protesters in Saskatchewan were encouraging others to go to Cochrane, Alta., to help with what they called a “heavy police presence” there of officers in riot gear and packing semi-automatic weapons.