Local family pleads for province to support costly life-saving treatment for their son
A local family is looking to the provincial government to fund a pricey, but life changing treatment for a rare disease.

A local family is looking to the provincial government to fund a pricey, but life changing treatment for a rare disease.
Dr. Deena Hinshaw reported 1,857 COVID-19 cases on Thursday — Alberta's third highest one-day count since the pandemic began.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, are scheduled to receive their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday.
Police are asking for public help identifying two men after an armed robbery at a southwest Edmonton pharmacy.
Edmonton golfers are getting frustrated before they even take a swing because at city run courses, it's now mandatory to book online and pay for the round up front.
Jill Jordan was cycling west of Edmonton with a friend when she says a truck driver began to harass them.
Edmonton Fire Rescue Service responded to a call about a dog alone in a vehicle, driving it, in west Edmonton.
Greenhouse owners in the Edmonton area are encouraging the public to purchase their bedding plants early this season due to a potential shortage in stock.
A central Alberta company that builds log homes has received its first international contract in the United States.
Red Deer RCMP were expected to remain on a scene in the area of Gilbert Crescent over Tuesday night.
Traffic along the QE 2 near Red Deer is being redirected as emergency crews deal with a downed power line that caused a fire.
Red Deer Public Schools has decided not to pilot Alberta's K-6 draft curriculum.
A large structure fire swept through a commercial building in Stettler, Alta.
Josh Anderson scored twice as the struggling Canadiens survived a late flurry to defeat the Oilers 4-3 on Wednesday night in another physical, playoff-style matchup between the teams.
The 2020 Olympics in Tokyo were postponed due to the pandemic. But now they’re a go, and athletes from around the world are preparing to compete in the games that they’ve spent years training toward.
The CFL is pushing back the start to its 2021 season and reducing the number of games played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A B.C. man's life took an unexpected turn after the discovery of a birth certificate from Scotland.
EU back J&J shot despite possible link to blood clots
Ont. Premier Doug Ford apologizes for his sweeping new public health measures that he says, 'went too far.'
Variants of concern make up more than half of recently reported new COVID-19 infections, and ongoing strict public health measures will be needed to get the third wave under control, new federal modelling shows.
Health officials in Ontario are reporting more than 4,500 new COVID-19 cases Friday and another 34 deaths linked to the disease.
Maj. Kellie Brennan says she was subject to unfair power imbalances throughout her years with the Canadian Armed Forces, including those in her relationship with former defence chief General Jonathan Vance, who she says fathered two children with her.
The Supreme Court of Canada says an American Indigenous man has a constitutionally protected right to hunt in British Columbia given his people's historic ties to the region.
Canada could be administering 3.1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses a week, but well into what the federal government has coined the 'ramp-up' phase of Canada's vaccine rollout, the number of shots coming into Canada most weeks is still below what provinces and territories are capable of putting into arms, according to the head of the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, are scheduled to receive their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday.
Ontario Parks has vowed to clamp down on campers reselling site permits for profit starting Saturday.
The federal government is imposing a 30-day ban on all commercial and private flights from India and Pakistan effective Thursday at 11:30 p.m. EST, as COVID-19 infections continue to surge in those countries.
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge have released a new picture of their youngest child, Prince Louis, to mark his third birthday, and his first day at preschool.