Beyond Local

On the outside, the new house just east of Edmonton in Sherwood Park looks like any other Canadian suburban home.

Beauty and Beast running November 21 to Dec. 1 at the Arden Theatre faces problems with fake ticket accounts.

Marie Renaud, Alberta's community and social services critic, said the province is slipping behind the Canadian government and all provinces but Prince Edward Island.

Lawyer representing families of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy says reversal not enough, Quebec hearing should be rescheduled to accommodate families, who live in Ontario.

The Liberal government plans to temporarily lift the federal sales tax off a slew of items just in time for Christmas and send cheques to millions of Canadians this spring, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Thursday.

Banff councillor Hugh Pettigrew has had his sexual assault charges withdrawn by the Crown and entered into a common law peace bond.

The chunk is “older than anything you would ever find on the surface of the Earth,” Christopher Herd, a University of Alberta professor who curates the university’s 2,400-specimen meteorite collection, said Tuesday from Edmonton.

Longtime Rotarian Steve McEachern left his estate to Rotary International. His widow says he wished to change this before his death.

The Supreme Court of Canada has declined to hear an appeal filed by Anthony Bilodeau, while the Parole Board of Canada has approved continued day parole for Roger Bilodeau.

Former prime minister Stephen Harper is the new chairman of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation, or AIMCo, which oversees more than $160 billion in funds, including pension funds and the Heritage Savings Trust Fund.