Beyond Local

TORONTO — Postmedia is moving a dozen of its Alberta community newspapers to digital-only formats, eyeing more outsourcing deals for printing, laying off workers and selling the home of the Calgary Herald.

Beginning January 18, eligible Alberta parents and seniors can apply to receive $600 in affordability payments over six months.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government says its first shipment of children's pain reliever it ordered has arrived and will be distributed to hospitals immediately.

St. Albertans are calling for improvements to Alberta’s long-term care system in the face of what they describe as subpar treatment of their loved ones.

Calgary police say six teenage boys have been charged in a swarming attack that left two store employees injured in November.

TORONTO — When Marissa McNeelands was hiring a senior artificial intelligence product manager last year, she asked recruiters to suggest an equal number of male and female candidates.

OTTAWA — Premiers are calling on Ottawa to make it harder for some accused people to get bail, but some experts say the provinces could also do more to hold people accountable for violating their bail conditions.

VANCOUVER — The University of British Columbia says it deeply regrets its handling of the case of retired judge and former law professor Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, who was the subject of a CBC investigation about her claims of Indigenous heritage.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday declared that porn performer Ron Jeremy is mentally incompetent to stand trial on dozens of rape and sexual assault counts.

CALGARY — A new fund launched in November by the Business Development Bank of Canada to help foster the growth of homegrown climate technology has made its largest investment yet.