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EDMONTON- Athabasca County has been fined $300,000 for breaking a federal environmental law.Environment Canada says the county pleaded guilty to violating Wildlife Area Regulations of the Canada Wildl...

RED DEER- The leadership of Red Deer College President and CEO, Joel Ward, has been recognized by his peers and colleagues as he received the College and Institutes Canada (CICan) Distinguished Servic...

OTTAWA - The federal government is rejecting most of the amendments proposed by Conservative senators to Bill C-69. A senior government official speaking on the condition of anonymity because he wasn'...

RED DEER- A portion of trail along the Red Deer River in Capstone will close Thursday, June 13.The closure is expected to remain in place until October 31, but is dependent on weather. During the clos...

Six stories in the news for Wednesday, June 12 --- ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT UPHOLDS RULING IN BOYLE CASE A lawyer for Joshua Boyle can introduce evidence of his client's estranged wi...

Several remote New Brunswick lakes still have high levels of a pesticide banned 46 years ago - findings with significant implications for today, says the scientist behind a study on DDT published Wedn...

JERUSALEM - Israel is rolling out the red carpet for New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who arrives next week to collect the Genesis Prize, a prestigious award dubbed by its sponsors as the "Jew...

STOCKHOLM - Swedish police officers shot and wounded a man who was banging a bag on the ground and claiming to have a bomb at a train station in the city of Malmo, authorities and a witness said Monda...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's foreign minister warned the U.S. on Monday that it "cannot expect to stay safe" after launching what he described as an economic war against Tehran, taking a hard-line stance ami...

WASHINGTON - Three days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal with Mexico to stem the flow of migrants at the southern border, the two countries appear unable to agree on exactly what's i...