Beyond Local

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's new moon rocket blasted off on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard Wednesday, bringing the U.S.

SLAVE LAKE, Alta. — RCMP say two workers have died in an explosion at an oil and gas site in northern Alberta. Officers and emergency crews were called Saturday to the site near Slave Lake, about 250 kilometres north of Edmonton.

HALIFAX — Drugstore shortages in Canada are now extending beyond the children's pain and fever medication aisle into other over-the-counter and prescription drugs as supply problems worsen across the country.

EDMONTON — Alberta's second-largest school district is asking the provincial government for clarity on whether it can require masks when a school has a respiratory illness outbreak.

The cost of lettuce is spiking amid a shortage that's leading some restaurants to temporarily stop offering leafy greens on their menus.

Mandatory referral, more trained staff, public education all part of creating a “culture of donation".

OTTAWA — Canada's Auditor General say the federal government has not given First Nations communities the support they need to respond to emergencies like wildfires and floods, despite warning about this almost a decade ago.

OTTAWA — It's Bob Nicholson's turn to be grilled by the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.

OTTAWA — Liberal cabinet ministers deemed last winter's "Freedom Convoy" protests a threat to national security, despite warnings from the federal intelligence agency that threshold was not met, an inquiry into the use of the Emergencies Act learned

OTTAWA — Health Canada officials say more doses of children's painkillers and fever medication will be available soon but it won't say how many or where exactly they'll be sent.