A proposed change to Canada's meat inspection rules could permit meat from already-dead animals to be processed for human consumption, although federal inspectors say that would only happen on rare occasions.

Summer is just around the corner, so now is the perfect time to tell boaters to wear life jackets, according to Boatsmart Canada.

People wanting to eat and shop in the Bridgeland area will not have to worry about strict parking rules anymore.

Transportation Safety Board manager Peter Hildebrand says it may take months to complete a probe into a weekend mid-air collision between two planes in Saskatchewan that left five people dead.

The province says the extreme dry and windy conditions mean no portable campfires or fire permits are allowed in the forested areas of Alberta. The ban does not apply to cities, towns or villages or federal lands, although many areas already have bans in place.

A 28-year-old man has been charged in the murders of two men in Lethbridge, Alta.

The lone suspect in the disappearance of St. Albert, Alta., couple Lyle and Marie McCann almost two years ago made his first court appearance this morning.

Owners of a Calgary piercing business have pleaded guilty to seven public health violations.

The man serving time for murdering a family in Medicine Hat, Alta., has abandoned plans to appeal his conviction.

A Calgary woman says she's the victim of "rail dust." That's when the body of a vehicle is damaged when it is transported by train.

Officials are testing the western line of Calgary's light-rail transit system.

Three plane crashes in one week, including a mid-air collision have raised questions about the safety of private airplane travel in Canada. There were 224 accidents involving single engine aircraft in Canada in 2011.

A change in wind direction has prompted the evacuation of 12 homes due to an encroaching wildfire about 250 kilometres northeast of Edmonton.

The cousin of one of the victims who died in a midair plane crash that killed five people Saturday said the entire community of Mossleigh, Alta., is in mourning.

Alberta Premier Alison Redford will be in Slave Lake today to help the residents mark the first anniversary of the devastating wildfire that destroyed one-third of the town.