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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...

The two men convicted of manslaughter in connection to the 2022 death of a Ponoka man have been sentenced.Adam James Cook, 30, and Morgan Maslin, 23, who were each initially charged with second degree...

The County of Stettler has implemented a fire restriction as of 9 a.m. on Aug. 27.They upgraded it to a fire restriction from the fire advisory issued July 23 because of the extended heat conditions a...

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Lottery Corp. says it was wrongly penalized more than $1 million for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing violations earlier this year by a federal watchdog. ...