Beyond Local

Paul Clarke The Banff Registry BANFF – A female wolf from the Bow Valley wolf pack was struck and killed by a vehicle along the Trans-Canada Highway in Banff National Park on Saturday (Aug. 10).

A serious downpour around 4 p.m. July 27 caused a flash flood in the Village of Boyle, covering Railroad Avenue covered in about four feet of water.

Will Gordon – Leader Staff The window still says Colin Piquette, but there’s a new man in the office.

Communities just north and west of Athabasca are under evacuation orders and alerts as high winds and dry conditions spread wildfires through the region. At 8:44 p.m.

Communities just north and west of Athabasca are under evacuation orders and alerts as high winds and dry conditions spread wildfires through the region. At 8:44 p.m.

The County of Barrhead will send a letter to Minister of Transportation Ric McIver outlining council’s concerns with a United Conservative Party (UCP) platform promise to reclassify service rigs as off-road vehicles and to replace rural road permits

Upgrades to the Boyle Healthcare Centre continue to come along with finishing touches of the new patio set for June.

Sixty-three riders hopped on their horses May 4 to take part in the 34th annual Atmore Hoof-A-Thon.

Four-straight weeks of campaigning paid off for Glenn van Dijken, who claimed the Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock constituency in the April 16 provincial election. van Dijken won the riding with 68.

Glenn van Dijken will ride a blue United Conservative Party wave into the Legislature with premier-elect Jason Kenney, as he easily captured the Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock riding with roughly 70 per cent of the popular vote.