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Wetaskiwin and Ponoka RCMP, and other RCMP partners, assisted recently in the arrest of 28-year-old repeat offender Bryan Moffitt.Police say on Aug. 20, investigators from the Wetaskiwin RCMP Crime Re...

An event to recognize International Overdose Awareness Day is set for this Friday in Red Deer.From noon to 3 p.m. at the Rotary Picnic Park, near the gazebo, Moms Stop the Harm and Turning Point Socie...

NEW YORK (AP) - Daniil Medvedev was fined a total of $42,500 by the U.S. Open on Wednesday - more than a third of his $110,000 tournament prize money - for his meltdown during a first-round loss after...

OTTAWA - Canada Post is urging the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to revisit its offers after meeting at the bargaining table Wednesday. The Crown corporation says the union has "maintained or harde...

Furry canines took a back seat to a new robotic best friend at Red Deer Polytechnic for International Dog Day.The unofficially official observance was Aug. 26.At RDP, you can now say hello to Dr. Woof...

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Bolivian opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho won his release to house arrest Wednesday after two years and eight months of pretrial detention, a surprise move that empowered...

The Red Deer & District Labour Council is hosting its annual Labour Day community BBQ, Sept. 1 in Capstone.The event goes down 11-2 at Canada 150 Square, and the best part is it's free.Financial s...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A shooter opened fire with a rifle Wednesday through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis and struck children celebrating Mass during the first week of school, killing tw...

Penhold is expanding the school zone around the new Penhold Waskasoo Middle School.Classes start Sept. 2, and motorists should be aware the zone now extends further south, past the middle school, to p...

MONTREAL - Anti-smoking advocates are calling on provinces to use money from a historic tobacco settlement on public health programs. In March, an Ontario judge approved a $32.5-billion plan requiring...