Beyond Local

The Calgary Police Service responded to his conviction with a statement that says Dunn's status as an officer is under review in light of the judge's ruling and that penalties up to and including dismissal are possible. 

A government-commissioned report says the effect of COVID-19 on the number of homeless people in Canada won't be felt for three to five years, giving policy-makers a chance to prevent the pandemic from putting people on the street.

Empire's e-commerce business saw growth of 241 per cent in the second quarter compared to the prior year, as a second wave of virus cases led to new lockdown measures in many parts of the country.

Parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux in a report this morning notes the Liberals plan to spend $70 billion to $100 billion over the next three years on stimulus measures to get the economy back on its feet.

“The truth is Alberta’s fatality rate of COVID cases, which is the most important statistic, is ... significantly below that of Ontario, of Quebec, of Manitoba and only slightly ahead of British Columbia,” Kenney said.

OTTAWA — Economic Development Minister Mélanie Joly says federal marketing strategies might need to shift away from attracting foreign visitors to Canada for the foreseeable future, as COVID-19 keeps suppressing travel.

Rising bread, meat and vegetable prices are expected to lead the overall food price increase of three to five per cent, according to Canada's Food Price Report 2021 released Tuesday.

Cochrane RCMP is investigating the death of a woman near Bragg Creek after a resident found a body on their property.

“I don’t look at glaciers just from a distance and just see ice on a landscape,” said author of Stories of Ice Lynn Martel. “Because of the combination of all those experiences I have so many memories and so much personal experience, and discoveries, and fascinations, because I’ve been on the ice with many different people in many different situations.”

“What this is saying is we’d be going after the larger production films, which has a knock-on effect of how many room nights they’d be staying,” said Jason Darrah, the Town of Banff’s director of communications and marketing.