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Woman charged with mailing ricin to White House wrote note
WASHINGTON - A woman accused of mailing a package containing ricin to the White House included a threatening letter in which she told President Donald Trump to "give up and remove your application for...
Sep 22, 2020
Driver clocked at over 200 km/h near Innisfail
A young driver from B.C. has earned a court date after police clocked a vehicle near Innisfail travelling at over 200 km/h.Alberta Sheriffs doing patrol on the QE II Highway near Innisfail on the even...
Sep 22, 2020
Airdrie RCMP receive parking lot surprise from local youth
AIRDRIE - One evening last week, two Airdrie RCMP officers walked out the back door of the detachment to go on a call. To their surprise they found a group of teenagers in the parking lot. As this is ...
Sep 22, 2020
White House lawyer in running for seat on the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump didn't have to look very far for one of the contenders on his short list to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court: he's been considering one of ...
Sep 22, 2020
Boys & Girls Club cancels annual Haunted House Fundraiser
Red Deer, AB - After considerable efforts by Youth HQ leadership and the event planning committee, the Boys & Girls Club Zed Haunted House fundraiser will not run this year. The loss of the high-p...
Sep 22, 2020
Celebrating Alberta’s forests and our foresters
National Forest Week runs until Sept. 26 and 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the annual campaign, which this year explores the topic of forest health.Albertans own some of the most beautiful fores...
Sep 22, 2020
Letter: Time for mayor to lead in combating racism
Mayor Veer,I am writing to you today in response to events I watched unfold on Sunday, September 20, 2020 at Rotary Park.My daughter and I went down to participate in an anti-racism rally to show our ...
Sep 22, 2020
Alberta's legislature set to return Oct. 20
EDMONTON - Alberta's legislature will resume sitting next month, a week earlier than planned.A news release late Monday says Government House Leader Jason Nixon has indicated he will advise the Speake...
Sep 22, 2020
Licensed child care programs in Alberta to receive $87 million in federal and provincial funding
EDMONTON, AB - Child care in Alberta is getting another boost from the federal and provincial governments.It was announced Tuesday morning (Sept. 22) that the Government of Alberta will receive $72 mi...
Sep 22, 2020
Lethbridge Overdose Prevention Site busier following closure of SCS
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A lot has changed in downtown Lethbridge recently as the Overdose Prevention Site (OPS) opened just over a month ago and it has been just over three weeks since the Supervised Consump...
Sep 22, 2020