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North Red Deer Regional Wastewater System receives engineering award
LACOMBE- The North Red Deer Regional Wastewater System received the Project Achievement Award at the 2019 Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) Summit Awards, held...
May 15, 2019 From Left to
Right: Samuel Fritz, Project Engineer,
Stantec, Hoa Nguyen, Project Engineer,
Stantec, Todd Simenson, Vice President, Regional
Leader (Alberta North & Territories), Stantec, Mayor Grant Creasey, City of Lacombe, Ken
Wigmore, Lacombe County, Ian Cotton, Senior Electrical
and Controls Engineer, Stantec, Joel Sawatzky, Project
Manager, Water Managing Leader, Stantec, Mayor Richard
Poole, Town of Blackfalds, Jordan Thompson, Director
of Operations and Planning, City of Lacombe, President
Nima Dorjee, APEGA, Matthew Goudy, CAO, City
of Lacombe
Danger subsiding after B.C. properties threatened by several weekend wildfires
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service has come through its busiest period of the young 2019 wildfire season, responding to several blazes, including one that prompted an evacuation order&...
May 15, 2019
Police investigating rappers' ties to shootings around Miami
SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. - A weekend of shootings involving rap musicians and their entourages in South Florida for a huge hip-hop festival left two people dead and four wounded, multiple vehicles ridd...
May 15, 2019
'Empire' to get 1 more season on Fox amid schedule shake-up
NEW YORK - "Empire" will return for its final season this fall on Fox - with Jussie Smollett a question mark - and should count itself lucky. Fox, the lowest-rated network among the big four broadcast...
May 15, 2019
Red Deer photo radar locations: May 16-31
Red Deer RCMP are sharing where you can expect to see photo radar set up over the next couple of weeks.School/playground zones: Vanier Drive, Timberstone Way, Lancaster Drive, Kerry Wood Drive, Dempse...
May 15, 2019
US industrial production down 0.5% in April
WASHINGTON - U.S. industrial production fell in April, dragged by a big drop in factory output as production of autos and auto parts continued to slide. Industrial output - reflecting total production...
May 15, 2019
US retail sales continue rocky ride, slip 0.2% in April
WASHINGTON - U.S. retail sales declined last month as Americans cut back their spending on clothes, appliances, and home and garden supplies. Sales dropped 0.2% in April, the Commerce Department said ...
May 15, 2019
Lamar Odom regrets cheating on ex-wife, Khloé Kardashian
LOS ANGELES - Former NBA star Lamar Odom regrets cheating on his ex-wife, Khlo Kardashian, and lying to her about his addiction to cocaine during their four-year marriage. The 39-year-old tells People...
May 15, 2019
Doris Day, actress who honed wholesome image, dies at 97
Doris Day, the sunny blond actress and singer whose frothy comedic roles opposite the likes of Rock Hudson and Cary Grant made her one of Hollywood's biggest stars in the 1950s and '60s and a symbol o...
May 15, 2019
Sylvan Lake 2019 Tax Rate Bylaw
SYLVAN LAKE- The Town has approved its 2019 Tax Rate Bylaw. Council had previously approved a 2.74% residential and non-residential increase to municipal tax rates, however, due to a 2018 surplus, and...
May 15, 2019