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MEXICO CITY - New research suggests Spanish conquistadores butchered at least a dozen women and their children in an Aztec-allied town where the inhabitants sacrificed and ate a detachment of Spaniard...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's prime minister reacted angrily Monday to media reports of a text exchange between an Indian TV anchor and a former media industry executive that suggests a 2019 Indian airstrike...

LOS ANGELES - California on Monday became the first state to record more than 3 million known coronavirus infections. The grim milestone, as tallied by Johns Hopkins University, wasn't entirely unexpe...

MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Nicaragua's congress gave final approval Monday to change the constitution to permit life imprisonment. Congress is dominated by President Daniel Ortega's Sandinista party, and op...

The Red Deer Arts Council is pleased to announce the fourth launch of an award for developing visual artists to support their further growth and development. The Artwalk Developing Visual Artist Award...

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million peo...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is cancelling 11 recently issued coal leases in the Rocky Mountains.The province is also pausing any future coal lease sales on lands that were protected from open-pi...

It would appear Red Deer College becoming Red Deer University is once again a matter of if, not when.Demetrios Nicolaides, Alberta's Minister of Advanced Education, is considering halting the transiti...

UTILITY RATESRed Deer city council held its first regular meeting -- a short one -- of the new year on Monday, and gave final approval to 2021 utility rates.Approved in principle during budget talks i...

CALGARY - Cancelling the multi-billion dollar Keystone XL pipeline expansion would not only jeopardize thousands of jobs in Alberta, it would also mean the loss of billions of dollars in corporate inc...