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LACOMBE- The City issued just over $20 million in building permits as of June, an increase of over $7.4 million over total values issued last year. In 2018, the City handled a total of just over $12.5...
Jul 31, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS - Rapper Cardi B postponed an Indianapolis concert following what police described as an unverified threat to the Grammy-winning artist. A post on her Twitter account offered an apology t...
Jul 31, 2019
LETHBRIDGE- The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) reports that, from the start of the growing season until mid-July, recorded canola exports totaled 8.9-million tonnes. This is about one million tonnes ...
Jul 31, 2019
TORONTO - The Supreme Court is expected today to clarify the limits of Canada's rape-shield law. At issue is just how far the law should go in protecting sexual-assault complainants from scrutiny of t...
Jul 31, 2019
FORT MCMURRAY- A former staff sergeant with the Wood Buffalo RCMP detachment has been given probation for touching a female colleague without consent at a Christmas party.Jason Keays, 44, was charged ...
Jul 31, 2019
EDMONTON- Police say 72 dogs have been seized from an alleged puppy mill.Investigators say the dogs, most of them Havanese puppies, showed signs of severe neglect and possible illness when they were f...
Jul 31, 2019
EDMONTON- Alberta's largest union says a judge has ruled that wage arbitration hearings for ten of thousands of public sector workers can go ahead sooner rather than later.The Alberta Union of Provinc...
Jul 31, 2019 AUPE members and other union representatives rallied in front of Red Deer Regional Hospital on Monday. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
CALGARY- City council has voted to approve a financial agreement with the Calgary Flames to build a new arena.Council voted 11-4 on Tuesday to build an event centre which will be the new home of the N...
Jul 31, 2019
Jamie Romak received countless text messages from friends across the world when video surfaced of the Canadian player dressed as a 1950's army general at the Korean Baseball Organizatio...
Jul 31, 2019
A 23-year-old man is facing multiple murder charges in an alleged quadruple homicide north of Toronto, police said Monday. York Regional Police revealed few details about the four people found dead in...
Jul 31, 2019