Beyond Local

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says a recall has been issued for Hampton House brand chicken nuggets due to a possible salmonella risk. The nuggets distributed by JD Sweid Foods were sold in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Alberta schools, municipalities and businesses are expressing dismay, relief and confusion as they scramble to adapt to the province lifting COVID-19 public health rules with what they say was no consultation and little advance notice.

‘Being a first responder – whether that's law enforcement, military, ambulance, fire – there's a price to be paid,’ says Dan Heney, regional fire chief with the Bonnyville Regional Fire Authority, responding to additional mental health funding announced by the Province.

A long line of trucks is building at Alberta's main crossing into the United States as protesters against pandemic restrictions once again block the highway leading to the border village of Coutts.

Mounties were alerted to the theft of 30 trail cameras and nine salt blocks in Clearwater County

Jason Kenney announced changes to COVID restrictions starting at midnight tonight. Critics are calling the ending of the REP program in Alberta a political move not based on medical evidence.

Acting Minister of Justice and Solicitor General Sonya Savage called the protest "intolerable" and said that it has crossed the line.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he will announce later today a plan to reduce COVID-19 health restrictions. Kenney says it will be a prudent timeline to lift the rules provided pressure on hospitals continues to decline.

Two years into the pandemic, here is a look at how long-term care facilities and workers are coping.

The future of a popular weed killer for public use is again under review after a Federal Court of Appeal decision that determined Health Canada will have to consider concerns over the ingredient glyphosate.