Beyond Local

Anyone looking for that perfect Christmas tree will probably notice the 10 per cent price increase from last year, but they're less likely to see what's behind it: an industry at a turning point.

Didsbury council considering updating the municipality's community standards to allow use of licensed and insured utility vehicles on town roads and streets.

An Alberta Mountie charged in the fatal shooting of a man who had been sleeping in a pickup truck at a rest stop near Whitecourt says he trusted information from a fellow officer.

Snow that hit earlier this week closed roads and bridges and really brought much of the Lower Mainland to a complete halt.

Calgary-based fuel retailer says it will now install 50 ultra-fast charging stations on highways and in major destinations from Vancouver Island to Calgary.

The Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary outside of Cochrane hopes to raise $43,000 this holiday season for the 43 wolfdogs in its care.

Senior civil servants in the federal government are meeting to discuss how to respond to a potential second round next February.

Alberta's police watchdog has been called in to investigate after a Mountie shot an armed suspect, who was flown to hospital in critical condition, on the Samson Cree First Nation.

A lawyer for a former truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash says he's cautiously optimistic he will get the chance to argue against his client's possible deportation.

After a two-week trial, Airdrie resident Michael Antony Roebuck was sentenced to life in prison for causing the death of his neighbour by shooting him twice on his driveway.