Beyond Local

BANFF, Alta. — A photographer who was taking wedding pictures at the top of Sulphur Mountain earlier this week says there didn't appear to be a contingency plan when the Banff Gondola broke down.

Kateryna Bajer, of Airdrie, was last seen at her residence in the Tower Lane neighbourhood on June 29, and according to RCMP has not been seen since.

BANFF, Alta. — Hundreds of visitors who took a sightseeing gondola up a mountain in Banff National Park had to be helped down from the summit Tuesday after a power outage shut it down overnight.

The Airdrie BMX Association is inviting members of the public to come out and take in the action as it hosts its Provincials 5 & 6 championships this weekend in Fletcher Park.

A Central Alberta city is growing urban orchards available for people to harvest.

EDMONTON — Ottawa is threatening the provinces by suggesting it will withhold federal funding from electricity projects that don't reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, says Alberta's minister of environment and protected areas.

Reports of bears in and around the Jasper townsite within the last week have prompted Parks Canada to issue two advisories in the interests of both public and wildlife safety.

Police in Vernon, B.C., say they observed a Regina man trying to free a stuck boat with a jet ski while showing 'signs of intoxication.'

A fire that ravaged the 115-year-old Globe Coliseum building in Innisfail is raising concerns that other businesses will suffer with the loss of the historic charm of the area.

TORONTO — Restaurant Brands International Inc. says it delivered double-digit sales growth in its latest quarter amid higher revenues at Tim Hortons and Burger King, but its executive chairman wants more to be done to drive store-level profitability.