Beyond Local

“Her youngest son still cries for her, and there’s nothing I can do or say to take his pain away.”

OLDS, Alta. — Alberta got out of the starting gates in the global critical minerals race with the opening of the province's first lithium extraction pilot project.

Parents hurt by a decision by the St. Albert Public school board to discontinue memorials in schools.

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada may have to raise interest rates further, given that inflation may stay high for some time, said governor Tiff Macklem Thursday.

QUEBEC — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he wants to give Canadians hope for a better future.

St. Albert police are looking for a person who shot a person with a pellet gun from a car last month.

Quebec provincial police have arrested a man for arson in connection with numerous forest fires that burned earlier this summer in the province's north.

Nursing staff triaged patients with no physicians available today at the Smoky Lake ER.

EDMONTON — Tanisha Edison and her partner, who are from Hay River, NWT had their baby more than 1,000 kilometres away from home.

“Canola is pretty resilient. Fortunately, our season does continue on I know there are some growers that are harvesting canola or swathing canola and deciding enough is enough … and then there's others that don't see a frost in the future and they're going to let the canola crop continue to grow and finish off as best we can,” said Jason Casselman, agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada.