Beyond Local

"Overall, the data shows we are getting past the BA.2 wave." ~ Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping, during a May 17 COVID-19 update.

Newurriculum for K-6 science, French first language and literature and French immersion language arts and literature will be ready for Alberta schools to pilot beginning in the upcoming schools if they so choose.

“A bear came running off the side of the road and charged towards him, stopping at about 10 metres." ~Kananaskis ecologist with Alberta Parks of an incident between a grizzly and a cyclist.

A Crown prosecutor has told a murder trial that an Alberta farmer and his son followed and shot two Métis hunters assuming they were thieves who had earlier driven onto the family's property.

Twenty-year-old Northern Alberta man signs entry level contract with Edmonton Oilers.

The Battle of Alberta has officially started with a friendly hockey wager between the city councils in Calgary and Edmonton.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he doesn’t need overwhelming support in a leadership review because the pool of voters has been diluted by thousands of angry members bent on destruction.

“He still had a sparkle in his eye and a skip in his step. That was the most inspiring thing – to know somebody that could do everything in his power to turn a nightmare into a passion.” ~ Crystal Blanchard, David Milgaard's friend, commenting on his life after prison following the wrongfully convicted man's recent death.

In many cases Albertans can now skip the registry line-up for driver's license or ID renewal.

An Alberta man has pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of a woman and her 16-month-old son.