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GRANDE PRAIRIE- Graham Construction says it did not get fired, it quit. The company has issued a statement regarding the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital saying it told the government in a letter date...

WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK - Parks Canada says helicopter attacks on Monday have helped keep the Boundary Fire from growing within Waterton Lakes National Park. Despite windy conditions, fire growth...

WASHINGTON - Brian Mulroney says Canada needs to put a little more water in its milk if it expects to make a new NAFTA deal with a hard-bargaining U.S. president whose political fortunes depend heavil...

RED DEER- Area employers expect a favourable hiring climate for the fourth quarter of 2018, according to the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey. Survey data reveals that 20 per cent of emp...

WILMINGTON, N.C. - Motorists streamed inland on highways converted to one-way evacuation routes Tuesday as about 1.7 million people in three states were warned to get out of the way of Hurricane Flore...

Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk broke his silence and laid out his vision for the franchise’s future on Monday night in a video posted to the club’s Twitter account. The rebuild is off...

BLACKFALDS- As classes resume for a new school year Blackfalds RCMP are asking motorists to pay attention when encountering school buses and around school zones. Each year we regrettably see vehicles ...

WASHINGTON - Arizona’s new senator says he’d vote to repeal the nation’s health care law. That’s one additional Republican ready to obliterate the statute because his predecess...

LOS ANGELES - Nearly 20 per cent of marijuana products in California have failed tests for potency and purity since the state started requiring the checks on July 1, a failure rate some in the industr...

KENNER, La. - The mayor of a New Orleans suburb banned the city’s parks and recreation department from purchasing Nike products, days after the athletic apparel maker released a controversial ad...