Beyond Local

Calgary resident taken to Foothills Medical Centre after motorcycle crash south of Gleniffer Lake.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Mounties say a mother and son who disappeared while rafting in southern Alberta have been found safe.

Members of the Airdrie fire department will be working in the Emergency Command Centre dealing with the wildfires in the Northwest Territories.

Formerly the Desmarais detachment, name change another important step in reclaiming culture for the Indigenous community

Okotoks residents are invited to register security cameras with the RCMP to assist in crime prevention and investigations.

Lethbridge police say Sheena Empringham, who is 38, and her son Atreyu were reported missing by a family member on Monday who had been communicating with her by text but had lost contact.

The Canadian dollar traded for 73.57 cents US compared with 73.55 cents US on Monday.

“Property crime has been on the rise in many communities and in our own," Cochrane RCMP’s Detachment Commander Inspector Dave Brunner said in the press release. "We thank the citizens of Cochrane for reporting the suspicious activity to police, resulting in an arrest and recovery of stolen property”.

Fire crews remain on scene actively fighting a large grass fire southeast of Okotoks.

More people died in Canada in 2021 than the previous year, with cancer, heart disease, overdoses and COVID-19 cited as the leading causes of death.