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The first Alberta School Week (Education Week) was held December 2-8, 1928. Its purpose then, as now, is to call attention to the importance of education and to show the public the good things happeni...

Alberta's government has signed a memorandum of understanding to renew a program that promotes safety excellence in the province's commercial trucking industry.The Partners in Compliance (PIC) program...

The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is announcing a new conservation site located along the west bank of the Red Deer River. Known as the Bower Wildlife Sanctuary, NCC officials say this 193-hectar...

NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey serial killer known as the "Torso Killer" admitted he kidnapped and raped two teenage girls and murdered them in a hotel room a few days later, closing the mystery of the c...

Lack of Council Leadership or Election Posturing?In this unprecedented time of the pandemic, of polarized political views I have tried to stay out of commenting on decisions our political leaders have...

A longtime Sylvan Lake doctor is now able to resume his practice provided he has a chaperone present when seeing patients under the age of 18. Dr. Fred Janke was charged in June 2018 with making and d...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending his top aide, saying nobody in his office knew an allegation against Canada's top military officer three years ago was a "Me Too complaint." The pri...

WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's still counting on the United States to share some of its COVID-19 vaccine surplus with Canada.Trudeau says the federal government is in close conta...

APRIL 27 - Red Deer RCMP advise that Cory Nelson has been located safe.

Miroslav Frycer, who defected from Czechoslovakia to play eight seasons in the NHL, has died. He was 61. Czech league team Orli Znojmo, where Frycer had been head coach since 2018, said on its website...