Beyond Local

Many companies have stopped paying rent to landowners, according to a report from the University of Calgary. Almost always, the public picks up the tab.

“The recent and rapid rise in housing prices is squeezing middle-class Canadians across the entire country and raises concerns about the stability of the overall market," Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said in a statement accompanying the announcement.

Lakeland MP Shannon Stubbs and Fort McMurray-Cold Lake MP David Yurdiga have expressed their concerns over the federal government's Bill C-10.

“We can’t really control what bears do, but we can control what we do— We can try and ensure that the roads, the corridors and the parks are as safe as possible for the wildlife.”

"Whether that person was 100 pounds or 250 pounds, they needed to be carried down the stairs ... The amount of adrenaline in this building was unbelievable."

Hinshaw said people who have been fully vaccinated for at least two weeks no longer need to isolate as long as they don't show symptoms.

A major television production is looking to Okotoks and area for talent. Producers of HBO’s episodic adaptation of game The Last of Us have put out casting calls in Okotoks, High River, Fort MacLeod, and Llethbridge areas for extras.

Albertans who attend the clinic are given exemptions from having to quarantine for 14 days. They line up in their cars, drive through a loop that takes them just across the border, receive their shots through the window, are monitored for 15 minutes and return home.

"More than 90 per cent of respondents felt there are areas of the province that are not appropriate for coal exploration and development," say the survey results released late Monday.

"Our government promised Albertans that we would fully investigate the widely reported foreign-funded campaign to landlock our resources and we are committed to fulfilling that promise."