Beyond Local

A 70-year-old Barrhead woman will have to pay $1,700 after being caught with enough untaxed cigarettes to sustain the average smoker’s habit for a couple of years. 

The Alberta government has removed a major hurdle for a gravel company to start mining up against Big Hill Springs Provincial Park, but the preservation society that takes its name from the nearby creek is asking them both to just hold their horses.

Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) has laid 46 combined charges against two St. Albert men following an investigation earlier this month.

TORONTO — Strength in energy stocks Thursday wasn't enough to keep Canada's main stock index from posting a loss amid weakness in tech and other sectors, while U.S. markets also declined.

The Town of Okotoks is monitoring reservoir levels and, so far, has no plans to move to more stringent watering restrictions.

Vehicle vandalism spree in St. Albert looking for a Nissan Versa Note or similar car.

Canmore Town council is considering a plan to build up to 1,300 homes over the next 10 to 20 years in the Palliser Trail area.

The evacuation order issued late Wednesday applies to Yellowknife, which has a population of about 20,000 people, as well as the nearby communities of Ndilo and Dettah.

A heavy police presence in a north Okotoks neighbourhood Aug. 15 was the result of swatting, where someone makes a fake report of a serious crime.

Woman ordered to pay $300 in restitution after dog killed pet rabbit.