Beyond Local

Former Canadian prime ministers Joe Clark and Jean Chrétien and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are among the notable names set to speak at a conference today ahead of next week's G7 leaders' summit in Kananaskis.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and three of her ministers got an earful on Wednesday night from southern Alberta locals at a rowdy, hours-long town hall to discuss the province's coal policy.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been enthusiastic about reviving a plan to ship oilsands crude to Prince Rupert on the northern B.C. coast for export to Asia.

Alberta Teachers’ Association president Jason Schilling said the association is "concerned that the selection process that the government has initiated has the potential to prioritize special interest groups arriving with their own predetermined agendas and to further target diverse communities"

Internal emails show how the mayor and city staff helped draft and pitch a proposal for a publicly funded, privately delivered urgent care centre in Airdrie, Alberta.

Research from the Parkland Institute at the University of Alberta shows that not only are women not receiving equal treatment with their own health care, they’re also not being treated fairly in their jobs across the province.

As the G7 leaders prepare for the annual meeting in Kananaskis, which first hosted the summit in 2002, the world's eyes will be on the region's dense forest and jagged alpine.

Nearly five years after a tragic bus rollover at the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park claimed three lives, a fatality inquiry is set to begin. The inquiry aims to clarify the circumstances surrounding the deaths of three passengers.

Nestled in the heart of eastern Kananaskis Country, just eighty kilometres west of Calgary, lies a pair of remote field research stations with a rich history of scientific discovery.

Former federal Conservative cabinet minister Rona Ambrose says the secessionist sentiment in Alberta is an unwelcome source of uncertainty for investors — but it could fizzle out quickly if Ottawa handles it right.