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Squirrels are having a ball at Edmonton's Riverside Golf Course, lots of them.

As Lisa MacGregor reports, every drive is a gimme for the brazen rodents.

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Stunt victim was about to be married, attend U of A: A 20-year-old woman killed when a stunt went awry at an Edmonton parking lot Saturday has been identified as Melinda Green. more »

Edmonton driver, 62, charged in boy's patio death: A 62-year-old Edmonton man is facing numerous impaired driving-related charges after a two-year-old boy was killed when a SUV crashed through a dining patio at a south Edmonton restaurant Sunday night. more »
Unlicensed teen ticketed for high-speed drive: A teenage girl without a licence pulled over for speeding on a highway near Calgary is facing several charges. more »
Alberta's beef industry: 10 years after mad cow crisis: Alberta's beef industry is still in decline, with Canadians eating less of the meat and fewer producers raising cattle 10 years after BSE, or mad cow disease, savaged the industry. more »
Edmonton man runs into traffic, killed by car: A 26-year-old man became the city's third traffic death on the long weekend early Monday morning after he was hit by car in southwest Edmonton. more »

Oklahoma tornado rescue crews work through night: Spotlights bore down on massive piles of shredded cinder block, insulation and metal as crews worked through the night, lifting bricks and parts of collapsed walls where a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs. more »

Will alleged Rob Ford video overshadow Toronto casino debate?: A debate about a proposed downtown casino is supposed to take centre stage at Toronto City Hall on Tuesday, but it seems a safe bet that a still-unseen video of Mayor Rob Ford will continue to be a topic of conversation. more »
Harper to address Tory caucus amid Senate scandal: Conservatives gathered Monday night to mourn the passing of a key architect in their rise to power — and to brace for the toughest test Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government has faced since taking office on a promise to clean up politics in the national capital. more »
Keith Boag: Have you heard about the murderous abortion doctor?: The gruesome trial and murder conviction of Philadelphia abortion provider Dr. Kermit Gosnell is unlikely to change American abortion law, Keith Boag writes. But it has U.S. journalists questioning their priorities and how they cover such a sensitive issue. more »
Baseball fuels dreams, desperation in Dominican Republic: The Toronto Blue Jays have a number of stars from the Dominican Republic, but in the shadow of these successful players is an equally important story about hope and poverty, and a country desperately struggling to balance the two. more »