Beyond Local

About 100 prison union members from Bowden Institution held a rally against needle exchange, saying the can be turned into weapons.

The AJHL announced last Friday (April 26) that a franchise is coming to the community of Devon, while the league is in talks for bringing a new club to Cold Lake and keeping another team alive in Whitecourt.

Money from the Government of Alberta and federal government are supporting hemp production projects in the Elk Point and Frog Lake areas.

Kaden Clouston, 26, of Okotoks is charged with discharging a firearm with intent and the victim is recovering in hospital, police said.

The weight-loss drug Wegovy, made by the manufacturers of Ozempic, will be available to patients in Canada starting Monday, the company says. Novo Nordisk's weekly injection is approved for weight loss among patients diagnosed with obesity.

A home in Southern Alberta was declared uninhabitable due to exposed wiring, no kitchen and a bathroom blocked by garbage.

Oil-sands emissions rose to 51 Mt in 2022, up from 50 Mt in 2021 and in keeping with a steady march upward every year

STARS is en route to a crash that flipped a semi south of Calgary near Okotoks

Pick-up truck hits unmarked RCMP cruiser on Highway 2 south of Calgary

Lac La Biche residents are flocking to the lake, where waves have formed what looks like crushed ice