Beyond Local

A heavy police presence in a north Okotoks neighbourhood Aug. 15 was the result of swatting, where someone makes a fake report of a serious crime.

VANCOUVER — About 80 campers have been evacuated from Cathedral Provincial Park in southern British Columbia after being trapped overnight by a nearby wildfire.

Thousands of Albertans are voicing opposition to a plan to clearcut about 2,000 football fields worth of forest in Kananaskis Country’s Upper Highwood set to begin this winter.

The company, which merged its Canadian and U.S. operations into VinFast North America in January, saw its valuation soar from a market debut of US$23 billion Tuesday on the Nasdaq to $86 billion by the end of the day.

“We believe apartment housing has the highest potential to address the needs of our community. Considering its location and the use and scale of the existing neighbouring property, an apartment housing development at 242 Marmot Cres. would have negligible visual and traffic impacts into the area.”

The report says fatal overdoses are the leading cause of death in children and teens between 10 and 18 years old in Western Canada.  

“Right now we’re just really excited to have people interested in it."

Yellowknife, with 20,000 residents, is one of many communities in the N.W.T. grappling with more than 200 wildfires that have already burned an area four times the size of Prince Edward Island.

Visiting the famed Gold Rush town for the first time, I hoped to find what attracts seniors to live just 241 km south of the Arctic Circle.

Crops rated good to excellent remained well below the overall average in Alberta.