Beyond Local

In her mandate letter to Brian Jean, Smith charges him with "developing a strategy to effectively incentivize reclamation of inactive legacy oil and natural gas sites and to enable future drilling while respecting the principle of polluter pay."

Smith says she and B.C. counterpart David Eby began the discussion two weeks ago to explore leveraging Article 6 of the United Nations Paris Accord, which allows Canada to gain carbon credits for reducing emissions abroad.

The report by hydrologist Jonathan Boyd says most of B.C. has received rainfall over the past year between 40 per cent and 85 per cent of annual average precipitation.

"It's a variety of damage from small damage to quite substantial damage."

This year’s performances featuring an all-Canadian lineup on the stage at Sundre Rodeo Grounds

Wayward swarms mostly harmless, says expert

On July 12, Bonnyville firefighters from Station 5 responded to two separate structures fires. While one private residence was destroyed, a second structure fire was brought under control by staff prior to fire crews' arrival.

Federal MP John Barlow said a summer session of Parliament is needed if the port strike continues.

Central Alberta Town council debates freedom of speech in relation to commenting on their Town's Facebook page.

There is still time to sign up for race that sees women carried through an obstacle course and could lead to North American and World Championships run for the winning team. And although this crazy sport is called 'wife-carrying' you don't have to be married - you just have to be 20 years of age and you are in.