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Clashes between Arabs, non-Arabs in Sudan province kill 30
CAIRO - Tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan's South Darfur province left at least 30 people dead and a dozen wounded, authorities said Wednesday. The fighting poses a significant chall...
May 06, 2020
Students start looking for summer work, with few options in usual places
OTTAWA - Adam Brown lined up a job in March with a consulting firm in Edmonton. He just started there this week. Brown counts himself among the lucky ones - luckier than many of his fri...
May 06, 2020
Montagliani says CONCACAF World Cup qualifying will have to change due to pandemic
CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani says the global pandemic will result in a change in World Cup qualifying for the region that covers North and Central America and the Caribbean. Montagliani, a na...
May 06, 2020
Lacombe County launches online credit card payment option
Lacombe County is now accepting credit card payments using OptionPay - a third party software provider. For a fee, OptionPay provides residents with another convenient method of payment for water bill...
May 06, 2020
Lacombe Curling Club lease renewal includes facility naming rights
The City of Lacombe and Lacombe Curling Association (LCA) have renewed their long-standing partnership.On Tuesday, the City announced the renewal of the LCA's lease of the curling complex at the Gary ...
May 06, 2020
A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: ...
May 06, 2020
Lethbridge police to launch "service investigation" into Star Wars Day stormtrooper arrest
LETHBRIDGE - Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) will be looking into the way officers handled a call for service at a local Star Wars-themed restaurant on Monday, May the Fourth.An employee at Coco Vanil...
May 06, 2020 The employee dressed in the stormtrooper costume. (Supplied by Bradley Whalen)
Canada still only considering gathering race-based COVID-19 data
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says it is still looking into the possibility of collecting race-based data on COVID-19, despite months of calls from advocates for a clearer picture of who...
May 06, 2020
Three scenarios for school re-entry plan: LaGrange
Alberta's education minister says the province is looking at three scenarios for the start of the 2020-21 school year in September, but that no decisions have been made at this time. Adriana LaGrange ...
May 06, 2020 Education Minister Adriana LaGrange
Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard named Cornish Award recipient
Running back Chuba Hubbard of the Oklahoma State Cowboys captured the Jon Cornish Trophy on Tuesday as the top Canadian in the NCAA football ranks. The six-foot-one, 207-pound native of Sherwood Park,...
May 06, 2020