Beyond Local

Pat King, one of the most prominent figures of the 2022 "Freedom Convoy" in Ottawa, has been found guilty on five counts including mischief and disobeying a court order.

A bail hearing has heard that a woman accused in the drowning death of a five-year-old girl in an Alberta lake didn't know the child and was supposed to be under house arrest.

Mental Health challenges affect farmers and there is support available.

The site where the central facility will be built will collect the brine, lithium will be extracted and battery-grade lithium salts will be produced for incorporation into the North American battery supply chain.

The government on Thursday announced a sweeping promise to make groceries, children's clothing, Christmas trees, restaurant meals and more free from GST/HST between Dec. 14 and Feb. 15.

On the outside, the new house just east of Edmonton in Sherwood Park looks like any other Canadian suburban home.

Beauty and Beast running November 21 to Dec. 1 at the Arden Theatre faces problems with fake ticket accounts.

Marie Renaud, Alberta's community and social services critic, said the province is slipping behind the Canadian government and all provinces but Prince Edward Island.

The Liberal government plans to temporarily lift the federal sales tax off a slew of items just in time for Christmas and send cheques to millions of Canadians this spring, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Thursday.

Banff councillor Hugh Pettigrew has had his sexual assault charges withdrawn by the Crown and entered into a common law peace bond.