Lakeland Today

2 days ago | lakelandtoday.ca | Meredith Kerr

LAKELAND - Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul MLA Scott Cyr says he is honoured to be named chair of the Building Communities Cabinet Policy Committee. “I’m grateful to Premier Smith for the confidence she has placed in me. This is a significant position within caucus, and I’m committed to ensuring our work helps shape thoughtful, effective legislation and policy that serves the needs of Albertans,” said Cyr in a statement to Lakeland This Week.

2 days ago | lakelandtoday.ca | Chuck Chiang

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's power utility wants to boost the province's baseload electricity generation capacity in a bid to meet the province's growing demand from residents and industries. Baseload capacity refers to constant and stable power sources, with Energy Minister Adrian Dix announcing BC Hydro's request for expression of interest from companies to provide geothermal or hydroelectric projects to expand long-term power capacity and meet peak demand.

2 days ago | lakelandtoday.ca | Jamie Stengle |Steve Karnowski

DALLAS (AP) — One person has died after severe weather tore through parts of the central U.S., including heavy rain in Dallas, a tornado that touched down in the Kansas City area and flash flooding in Kansas that forced firefighters to rescue dozens of people, including stranded motorists. A Dallas man died Wednesday after his vehicle became stuck in high water, authorities said. He was in one of two cars submerged under a bridge on Interstate 635, the Dallas Fire-Rescue Department said.

4 days ago | lakelandtoday.ca | Meredith Kerr

Eight days after Bill 54 received royal assent and the signature threshold for a citizen initiative petition was reduced, an independence referendum petition application was made to Elections Alberta. According to social media posts by Jeffrey Rath, whose law firm is listed as the media contact for the Alberta Prosperity Project (APP), Mitch Sylvestre filed an independence referendum petition application with Elections Alberta on behalf of the APP on May 23.

5 days ago | lakelandtoday.ca | Alanis Thames

MIAMI (AP) — Luis Matos hit a three-run home run and the San Francisco Giants beat the Miami Marlins 4-2 on Sunday. After Wilmer Flores knocked in a run with a groundout in the second inning, Matos connected on a 2-0 changeup from Ryan Weathers (1-1) in the third that traveled 390 feet to left-center and gave the Giants a 4-0 lead. San Francisco did not score after that, marking the 14th straight games the Giants have failed to score more than four runs.