Beyond Local

Toby Boulet sent an email this week to United Conservative MLA RJ Sigurdson saying he's concerned the politician's private member's bill on organ and tissue donation isn't being considered this spring.

“Vehicles will be turned around when the parking lot is full and you won’t be allowed to stop and wait for a spot,” said Jed Cochrane, visitor experience manager for Lake Louise, Yoho and Kootenay. “We think shuttles are the best way to come up and see those busy places.”

“Albertans have expressed that they are willing to pay a bit more to improve our parks system..." said MLA Jason Nixon

A variant first identified in the U.K. "is spreading in many different contexts and many different settings and we're seeing higher attack rates than we typically do in settings where people are exposed," Hinshaw said.

Crown prosecutors have dropped all but one charge against James Coates and have agreed to his release without bail conditions, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms said Wednesday

Local social media groups were buzzing after a post circulated on March 16 detailing an attempted abduction near Winners in Okotoks.

"Albertans will tell us how they want to see coal development – if they want to see coal development – and, if they want to see coal development, where it will be," Sonya Savage said Tuesday.

"It’s not a terribly unusual reaction from a cougar to see an animal of that size as  a prey species … it’s obviously concerning that it happened so close to people," said Alberta Parks conservation officer Nick Dykshoorn.

Bar set too high to give politicians the boot, says Renaud

Leonine O’Driscoll-Zak, 5, and Wyatt O’Driscoll-Zak, 2, are believed to be in the company of their grandmother, Therese O’Driscoll, 68, and their aunt Alison O’Driscoll 38.